As a small island developing state, the Republic of Mauritius is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the agricultural sector. Agriculture activities constitute 43.3 per cent of total land surface in the mainland of Mauritius and employs 7.2 per cent of the labour force. Being ...
8 MAURITIUS © MO IBRAHIM FOUNDATION CONFLICTING DeMANDS Ibrahim Forum 2011 | African Agriculture BIOFUeLS - The global biofuel sector has grown considerably since 2000, driven primarily by concerns about fossil fuel prices and availability, a renewed quest by many countries for energy independence ...
Fiji's agricultural sector has been integral to the Fijian economy in terms of the provision of food and raw materials for the domestic market, the absorption of domestic labour and capital, and generation of export income. It has also supported manufacturing and services sectors. However, researc...
However, these figures don't include the emissions produced by the manufacture and transportation of fertiliser products. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accounting system includes these emissions in the industrial sector rather than the agricultural sector. According to ...
In the textbook case of economic development, labour flows from agriculture and other labour-intensive primary activities to industry and finally to the services sector; in the process, workers migrate from rural to urban areas. The breakdown of the indicator by sex allows for analysis of gender ...
An Econometric Study of Economic Growth, Energy and Exports in Mauritius: Implications for Trade and Climate Policy While electricity from fossil fuels is among a major source of greenhouse gases and global warming, it is also a key resource in the industrial sector gear... R Sultan - 《Intern...
"The program has improved the livelihood of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius, Ghana, Burkina Faso and South Africa," she said. During phase one of the program, over 3,000 MSMEs have been supported in the uptake of sustainable consumption and producti...
Analysis of the exploitation of information and communication technologies in the agri-food sector companies Information and communication technologies are an essential source of success in the current information society. Effective exploitation of ICT requires ex... K Hennyeyova,P Depeš - 《Agricultu...
In China, chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizer input is the major element for the continuous increase of food production to mitigate the problem of food security [18]. Therefore, the low NUE all over the world especially in agriculture sector is not only wastage of resources (Fig. 1 a, b) ...
Although some large commercial farms in several countries have suffered serious losses to ASF, the relatively low incidence of outbreaks in the commercial sector in many of the countries affected indicates that good biosecurity does prevent the disease. However, especially in areas where the risk of...