Europe is the epicentre of what has been described as an all out war over the acceptance of genetically engineered foods. Controversy over health effects has centred around simple and complex models of transgenic modifications. Proponents of the simple models emphasize familiarity with the host plant and the well-characterization of the transgene. Advocates of the complex models consider the ge...

This paper explores the possibilities of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture approach in the context of the programs and actions towards promoting food and nutrition sovereignty and security in Brazil. To analyze the links between nutrition and agriculture, this paper presents the conceptual framework related to food and nutrition security, and stresses the correlations among concepts, institut...

Using time series data, the paper analyses the economic structure of island countries. The results are illustrated using five case studies. It is demonstrated that countries pursuing strategies based on service industries or exports of light manufactures have been more successful in attaining development objectives. This success has been translated into improved welfare for the populations of t...

Knowledge about the causation of accidents in agriculture is insufficient to further reduce the risk for accidents. Since in the literature review tractors were identified as a major source of accident risks in agriculture in the developed countries, case studies were focused to them in order to gain sufficient information on accident causation. The focus of the thesis was defining the problem ...

The major objective of this paper is to assess and to quantify the consequences of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) on the agricultural trade of Sudan. Agriculture is the main sector of Sudan's economy. Sudan is characterized by its small open economy, and is classified as one of the least developed countries. Thus, Sudan becomes more vulnerable to any changes in international ...

The logistics informatization of Specialized Farmers Cooperatives (SFC) plays an important role in the development of agriculture, and Softwareas-a-Service (SaaS) is the development trend of information technology (IT). Firstly, the state-of-the-art of IT on SFC and the enlightenment SaaS to the IT application in logistic are introduced. Then, analyzing of the characteristics of logistics manag...

Following the intensification of agriculture and the promotion of agro-chemicals in low and middle income countries, acute pesticide poisoning has become a major public health problem with more than 300,000 deaths each year around the world. The easy availability of highly toxic pesticides in the homes of farming communities has made pesticides a preferred choice for suicide with an extremely h...

Food and agriculture commodity boards have become important funders of nutrition research. There are benefits and cautions (biases toward health benefits, failure to publish negative results, and aggressive promotion of single studies) for this activity. The California Dried Plum Board, along with other commodity boards, have developed independent Scientific Nutrition Advisory Panels to guide a...

In Thailand, agriculture is one of the major occupations; however, there is no comprehensive agricultural occupational health promotion and disease prevention model available. Objectives of this study were to empower farmers to study occupational health and safety situation in rice farming and to develop model to promote their health and prevent occupational health hazards among them. This part...