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The maize transition in Asia: unlocking the controversy.(Keeping Asia's Food Baskets Full)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Dec 1, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...region, and larger trade flows of maize into Asia by the year 2020. Managing this...short article. Table 1 places maize in Asia within a global context. Asia...systems of Asia's temperate zone. Asia's maize yields also appear to be relatively...
ANALYSIS - CHINA TURNING FROM MAIZE EXPORTER TO IMPORTER.
AsiaPulse News; Nov 17, 2006; 700+ Words BEIJING, Nov 17 Asia Pulse - China's situation of maize production and trade...insiders, China's maize market is in a period of transition at present, and...phenomenon. Since 2005, maize purchase has completed the transition from being a buyers...
BRIEFING - ASIA AGRIBUSINESS - NOV 17, 2006.
AsiaPulse News; Nov 17, 2006; 700+ Words ...2006, prepared by Asia Pulse (http...the real-time, Asia-based wire with...CHINA TURNING FROM MAIZE EXPORTER TO IMPORTER...is in a period of transition at present, and...change from being a maize exporter to being...VIETNAM NOW SE ASIA'S LARGEST WOOD...
The Archaeological Institute of America to Grant Seven Awards at Annual Meeting.
Business Wire; Jan 9, 2009; 700+ Words ...environmental history of tropical areas, elucidating topics such as the beginnings of maize domestication, the transition to agriculture in southwest Asia, human behavioral ecology, palaeoecology, and the effects of human activity on biodiversity...
Douglas J. Kennett & Bruce Winterhalder (ed.). Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture.(Book review)
Antiquity; Dec 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture. xiv...Valencia), western Asia (Arabian peninsula...Remote Oceania). South Asia, East Asia and Africa are not...examine the origins of maize agriculture on the south...
Transitions to Agriculture in Prehistory (Monographs in World Archaeology, vol. 4). (book reviews)
Antiquity; Dec 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words ...agriculture. First in the field in Southwest Asia were Robert Braidwood and his colleagues...well-preserved remains of prehistoric maize, beans, squash and other domesticated...we are more concerned to try to trace transitions in human subsistence through time in all...
The role of intermediate factor markets in Asia's Green Revolution: lessons for Africa?(Principal Paper Sessions)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Dec 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...Markets in Developing and Transition Economies (Bruce Gardner...to which lessons from Asia's Green Revolution...economic growth in much of Asia, reducing rural poverty...First, relative to Asia at the time, population...s principal crops (maize, cassava, millet...
DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR AT BUREAU FOR ASIA AND NEAR EAST CHILES TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA, PACIFIC, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; Oct 17, 2007; 700+ Words ...AdministratorBureau for Asia and the Near East Burma...Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the...focused on agriculture (maize and oilseed production...Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) in Bangkok...support those seeking a transition to democracy in Burma...
Developing states to drive farm growth to 2015.
Agra Europe; Jul 7, 2006; 700+ Words ...in the developing and transition countries outpaces that...consumption gains in Asia and Africa, whereas...used in preference to maize as an animal feed in...world trade up to 2015. Maize and sugar US exports...Middle East, China, Asia and Latin America, where...
Graeme Barker. The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: why did Foragers become Farmers?(Book review)
Antiquity; Dec 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...Central and South Asia, East and South-East Asia, the Americas, Africa...in the title, but 'transitions' (plural) occurs...threshold. In South-West Asia for example, more conventional...focus on the perceived transition around the Late Natufian...studies might start with maize and ...
Causes of and constraints to agricultural and economic development: discussion.(VERS )(Conference news)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Dec 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...interface of the demographic transition with the process of structural...to both hypotheses: maize is one of the most widely...astonishing. In 2005, maize yields varied from around...transfer of technology for maize call into question the...experiences in South Asia in the 1960s. Th
From subsistence to commercial production systems: the transformation of Asian agriculture.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; May 1, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...vegetables. These dietary transitions are induced by the growth...rapidly growing cities of Asia also acts as a trigger...underway across much of Asia, although the speed...varies by country. East Asia, except China, is nearing...urban needs, and hybrid maize to meet the feed demand...
ENVIRONMENT DAY: 'BIOENERGY' COULD BE OIL'S NEXT BIG COMPETITOR
Inter Press Service English News Wire; Jun 3, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...sugar cane and beet, maize and biomass energy from...expected to try to make the transition to bioenergy-based...grass, said Samson. Maize-based ethanol requires...growing economies of Asia, and particularly China...dollars per year -- in Asia and the Pacific than...
CLIMATE CHANGE-REPORT: WARMING POSES SERIOUS SECURITY THREAT
Inter Press Service English News Wire; Dec 11, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...production in Africa and Asia would be adversely affected...of the impoverished. Asia consumes 90 percent of...Improvement in Wheat and Maize said climate change is...hot spots are Central Asia; India, Pakistan and...be those in political transition, with low economic growth...
CRISIS IN BURMA:LISA CHILES
Congressional Testimony; Oct 17, 2007; 700+ Words ...Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East U...Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the...focused on agriculture (maize and oilseed production...Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) in Bangkok...support those seeking a transition to democracy in Burma...
DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR CHILES ISSUES STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN BURMA: CAN THE U.S. BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION? BEFORE SENATE PANEL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; Oct 17, 2007; 700+ Words ...AdministratorBureau for Asia and the Near East U...Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the...focused on agriculture (maize and oilseed production...Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) in Bangkok...support those seeking a transition to democracy in Burma...
CLIMATE CHANGE-REPORT: WARMING POSES SERIOUS SECURITY THREAT.
Interpress Service; Dec 11, 2007; 700+ Words ...production in Africa and Asia would be adversely affected...of the impoverished. Asia consumes 90 percent of...Improvement in Wheat and Maize said climate change is...hot spots are Central Asia; India, Pakistan and...be those in political transition, with low economic growth...
Experience with programs to increase animal source food intake in Thailand1
The Journal of Nutrition; Nov 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...Asian country in rapid transition. It is considered to...situated in Southeast Asia. The country is relatively...of rice, cassava, maize, sugar cane, combined...health threats in rapid transition, the double burden...undergoing the nutrition transition. In other words, the...
Food Systems for Improved Human Nutrition.(Book Review)
Food Trade Review; Oct 1, 2003; 655 Words ...case studies from South Asia, China, India, Bangladesh...Its status in south Asia; Rapid economic change, the nutrition transition and its effects on the...consumption: The nutrition transition in China; Shifts in...needs; Quality protein maize: Overcoming the hurdles...
US to provide $2.8 million to NGOs for Earthquake Activities.
PPI - Pakistan Press International; Apr 27, 2006; 700+ Words ...under its Earthquake Transition Assistance program...local needs. These new transition programs work to re...on providing improved maize seed to assist farmers...region. In all USAID transition programs, assistance...economic growth. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)
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