Topic: agriculture

This map compares potential local milk supply and demand and shows clear patterns of net milk surplus and deficit. The map comes from an analysis using geographic information system (GIS) data coup

This map gives a visual representation of the poverty density: the number of poor per square kilometer in 2005.

Geography can play a role in determining relative levels of household well-being, as can be seen in Uganda’s latest poverty maps (for 2005).

These maps give a visual representation of average livestock densities in number of animals per square kilometer of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and poultry in subcounties across Uganda, drawing on

The 11.4 million head of cattle counted in Uganda’s 2008 national livestock census are not evenly distributed across the districts. Kotido, Nakapiripirit, and Kaabong are the districts with the

This map shows the prevalence of rangeland-based livestock-only systems (tan colors) across the north.

This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Pennsylvania farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Maryland farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Research and design payments for ecosystem services that can improve water quality more efficiently and cost-effectively.

This study examines the impacts of increased commercial switchgrass production on U.S. agricultural land-use patterns, commodity prices, and the environmental impacts of cropping systems in the agricultural sector.

This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Virginia farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Update from the star-studded launch of a new chain of sustainable restaurants.

This report identifies the potential financial impacts arising from climate change and water scarcity on the food and beverage sector in South and Southeast Asia.

This working paper describes the rationale for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region and estimates the economic benefits, including potential benefits to the agriculture, wastewater, and stormwater sectors.

Lawmakers should consider a suite of policies to reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones caused by eutrophication–the over-enrichment of nitrogen and phosphorous in freshwater and coastal ecosystems.

Uganda: Potential Milk Surplus and Deficit by Parish, 2002

Uganda: Poverty Density by Rural Subcounty: Number of People Below the Poverty Line per Square Kilometer, 2005

Uganda Poverty Rate: Percentage of Rural Subcounty Population Below the Poverty Line, 2005

Uganda: Major Livestock Species by Subcounty, 2002

Uganda Cattle Distribution, Ownership and Breeds, 2008

Livestock Production Systems in Uganda

How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Pennsylvania Farms

How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Maryland Farms

Water Quality Trading

Fields of Fuel: Market and Environmental Implications of Switching to Grass for U.S. Transport

How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Virginia Farms

Otarian Restaurant in New York City Uses WRI’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Weeding Risk: Financial Impacts of Climate Change and Water Scarcity on Asia’s Food and Beverage Sector

How Nutrient Trading Could Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay

NEWS RELEASE: Suite of Policies Could Clean Up Polluted Waters

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