Author: Liangzhi You and Jordan ChamberlinPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Spatial Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood Enterprises of Uganda Cotton Production
Author: Liangzhi You and Jordan ChamberlinPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Assessing the Spatial Distribution of Crop Production Using a Cross-Entropy Method
Author: Liangzhi You and Stanley WoodPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
While agricultural production statistics are reported on a geopolitical - often national - basis we often need to know the status of production or productivity within specific sub-regions, watersheds, or agro-ecological zones. Such re-aggregations are typically made using expert judgments or simple area-weighting rules. We describe a new, entropy-based approach to making spatially disaggregated assessments of the distribution of crop production. Using this approach tabular crop production statistics are blended judiciously with an array of other secondary data to assess the production of specific crops within individual "pixels" - typically 25 to 100 square kilometers in size. The information utilized includes crop production statistics, farming system characteristics, satellite-derived land cover data, biophysical crop suitability assessments, and population density. An application is presented in which Brazilian state level production statistics are used to generate pixel level crop production data for eight crops. To validate the spatial allocation we aggregated the pixel estimates to obtain synthetic estimates of municipio level production in Brazil, and compared those estimates with actual municipio statistics. The approach produced extremely promising results. We then examined the robustness of these results compared to short-cut approaches to spatializing crop production statistics and showed that, while computationally intensive, the cross-entropy method does provide more reliable estimates of crop production patterns.
Security Analysis for Agroterrorism: Applying the Threat, Vulnerability, Consequence Framework to Developing Countries
Author: Nicholas A. Linacre, Bonwoo Koo, Mark W. Rosegrant, Siwa Msangi, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Joanne Gaskell, John Komen, Marc J. Cohen, and Regina BirnerPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A Gap Analysis of Confined Field Trial Application Forms for Genetically Modified Crops in East Africa: Evaluating the Potential for Harmonization
Author: Nicholas A. Linacre and Joel I. CohenPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
An Analysis of Trade Related International Regulations of Genetically Modified Food and their Effects on Developing Countries
Author: Guillaume P. GruèrePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Comparative Analysis of the National Biosafety Regulatory Systems In East Africa
Author: Gregory JaffePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Farmer Management of Production Risk on Degraded Lands: The Role of Wheat Genetic Diversity in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Author: Salvatore Di Falco, Jean-Paul Chavas, and Melinda SmalePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Local Seed Systems for Millet Crops in Marginal Environments of India: Industry and Policy Perspectives
Author: Latha Nagarajan, Philip G. Pardey, and Melinda SmalePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Water Pricing and Valuation in Indonesia: Case Study of the Brantas River Basin
Author: Charles Rodgers and Petra J.G.J. Hellegers.Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Analysis for Biotechnology Innovations Using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Author: Nicholas A. Linacre, Joanne Gaskell, Mark W. Rosegrant, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Hector Quemada, Mark Halsey, and Regina Birner.Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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