Food,farmers, and the future: Investigating prospects of increased food production within a national context

With international food price shocks in 2008 and 2011, food security became a political priority in many countries. In addition, some politicians have recently adopted a more nationalistic stance. Against that background, this paper critically investigates the prospects of increased food production within a national context. We use a small, high-income country, Norway, as an empirical case. In 2012, the government set a goal of increasing agricultural food production by 20% by 2030. We ask: 1) How has food production in Norway developed before and after the goal was set? 2) What plans do farmers have, and what do they regard as the main obstacles to increased production? We apply a mixed method combining public statistics, a survey, and interviews. We analyze four production systems: a) milk; b) grass-based meat; c) combined pig and grain; and d) grain. These systems represent around 80% of the domestically consumed food produced on farms in Norway. Since 2000, aggregate food production has had a slight downward trend with periodic fluctuations. Based on a political economy approach, we identify land and labor as the most limiting factors. Capital is less of a hindrance and offers a potential for increased production. Farmers have modest expectations of increased production, though. This outlook resonates with the strong integration of agriculture into the wider economy, at both micro and macro levels, making it challenging to implement new policies and change farm practices on a broad basis. Increases in some specific products, however, are realistic.     

西部大开发10年信息化建设的回顾与展望

西部大开发以来,西部信息化建设在信息基础设施建设、信息资源建设、信息技术推广应用、信息产业发展、农村信息化建设等方面取得了巨大的成就。展望未来,西部地区信息化建设前景广阔。     

Prospects for food security in the 21st Century: with special emphasis on Africa

Food security for the world in 2025 is possible and probable if the right set of things are done, starting now. But the task will not be easy. It is both a technology and a political/economic challenge. The challenge for sub-Saharan Africa is even greater. While other regions improved per capita food availability over the last 30 years, Africa's availability declined. But food security is about more than supply. It is also about access which means income generating employment is critical. Meeting future requirements in Africa and the world will require sustainable intensification of complex production systems, appropriate national and international policies and continued investments in agricultural research. Without these conditions and increased employment intensive growth, prospects for the future are less bright.     

21世纪我国物流业发展面临的机遇与挑战浅析

我国物流业的发展经历了从无到有、从传统的简单物流模式发展到现代新型的物流模式阶段,走过了一条曲折的道路。尤其是进入21世纪以来,随着我国加入WTO协定,企业所面临的市场竞争是前所未有的,机遇与挑战并存。为参与国际竞争,企业必须通过降低成本、扩大销售、提高自身核心竞争力等一系列的措施和方法来应对,以便在国际市场激烈的竞争环境中取得优势,占有一席之地。因此,必须积极把握机遇,迎接挑战。     

无线局域网的现状及前景展望

无线局域网技术(包括IEEE802.11、蓝牙技术、HomeRF等)将是新世纪无线通信领域最有良好发展前景的重大技术之一。文中着重介绍了无线局域网标准的进展,IEEE802.11、蓝牙技术、HomeRF等几种主流标准的比较,分析了无线局域网技术、现状、局限与应用前景。     

减速是必然的，增长也是必然的——中期内中国房地产发展前景

本文通过对房地产5大指标的分析，得出15年来中国房地产增长规模惊人、发展速度惊人的结论；通过对5个方面的分析，得出中国房地产中期发展环境基本稳定、有所收紧的结论；最后，通过对3大指标历史数据的模拟，得出中国房地产中期发展前景——减速是必然的，增长也是必然的。     

浅析商务英语的发展前景(英文)

在经济全球化的发展背景下,社会的发展对外语的人才需求在扩大,中国特别是加入WTO之后,我们的国家已经全面地参加了国际竞争,这些特别在商务英语人才的人培养方面大力的发展。本文根据国家外语人才的发展状况和我国商务英语发展的现状,分析了我国商务英语的发展前景,分析了我国在商务英语培训发面应该发展的一些问题。     

新中国价格管理体制改革的历史回顾与前瞻

合理有效的价格管理体制是商品流通中的润滑剂,它有利于促进商品的生产、流通和消费。下文主要对新中国成立以来六十年的价格管理体制改革做一个历史回顾和对现阶段价格管理体制中存在的一些问题解决提出一些的建议与前瞻。     

中国外汇管理立法中亟待解决的几个问题

本文结合分析外汇管理立法上存在的问题，从加快制定《中华人民共和国外汇法》，立法确立外汇储备的经营管理原则，清理整合现有外汇管理规章和规范性法律文件，处理好外汇管理改革与上位法局限性的关系等几个方面展望未来外汇管理立法。     

Prospects: A Missing Piece of Current Selling Price Reporting

This article seeks to provide insights about a conceptual objection to current selling price reporting: that, in its determination of asset amounts, such reporting ignores the reporting entity's prospects (potential, promise, outlook) for achievement of possession of or of access to consumer general purchasing power beyond its achievement to date of such possession or access. The article argues that financial reports should provide (a) information that is helpful to the users to evaluate the prospects of the reporting entity, including financial statement information based on current selling price reporting, (b) a section of the income statement presenting amounts spent during the reporting period to enhance the reporting entity's prospects, and (c) various kinds of supplementary information to aid the evaluations, such as the kinds discussed in this article.