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Food prices and rural poverty
No full textThis book reviews trends in international prices and trade patterns of key food commodities, and assess the incidence of food price changes in a number of developing countries using household level data on sources of incomes and consumption patterns.-- Introduction and overview / M. Ataman Aksoy and Bernard Hoekman
-- Food prices and poverty : how the food crisis changed policy perspectives / Jo Swinnen
-- Placing the recent commodity boom into perspective / John Baffes and Tassos Haniotis
-- International and domestic food prices / M. Ataman Aksoy and Francis Ng
-- Household income structures in low-income countries / M. Ataman Aksoy [and others]
-- Are low food prices pro-poor? Net food buyers and sellers in low-income countries / M. Ataman Aksoy and Aylin Isik-Dikmelik
-- Net food importing countries : the impact of price increases / Francis Ng and M. Ataman Aksoy
-- Food prices : household responses and spillovers / Guido G. Porto
-- Net food buyers and sellers : switching in Vietnam / M. Ataman Aksoy, Javier Beverinotti and Aylin Isik-Dikmelik
-- Trade reforms and welfare : an ex post decomposition of income in Vietnam / Aylin Isik-Dikmelik
-- Trade reforms, farm productivity, and poverty in Bangladesh / Irina Klytchnikova and Ndiame Diop
-- The impact of commodity price changes on rural households : coffee in Uganda / Maurizio Bussolo [and others]
-- Food price increases and the wage channel : sugar in Brazil / Ekaterina Krivonos and Marcelo Olarreaga
-- The cost of moving out of subsistence in Madagascar / Olivier Cadot, Laure Dutoit and Marcelo Olarreag
Aydınlanmacı M. Aksoy
No full textTaha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 176-Muammer-Erol Aksoy.
Not: Gazetenin “Dünyada Bugün” köşesinde yayımlanmıştır
The evolution of agricultural trade flows
No full textEarlier research showed that during the 1980s and 1990s most of the global agricultural trade expansion took place among the industrial countries and among countries within trade blocs. These were also periods of declining agricultural prices. These prices increased during the 2000s, there were continuous trade reforms, and many developing countries started to support their agricultural sectors. This paper analyzes trade flows during the past two decades, and tries to measure whether all these developments have changed the trade balances and the share of different groups within the global trade flows. In addition, it looks at the trade balances on food to see the impact of these changes on net food importing countries. In conclusion, unlike the case with manufacturing, developing countries have not been able to increase their export shares in agriculture as significantly. They have maintained their trade shares by primarily expanding exports to other developing countries.Emerging Markets,Food&Beverage Industry,Economic Theory&Research,Trade Policy,Free Trade
Contact Angles of Water on Different Metals
No full text[No abstract available]Turkish Ministry of National EducationM. M. Aksoy was financially supported by Turkish Ministry of National Education
Buket Uzuner’i Halit Ziya’ya bağlayan Aşk-ı Memnu : İki romanda babalar ve kızları
No full textAksoy, Süreyya Elif (Dogus Author)Buket Uzuner'in İstanbullular (2007) ve Halit Ziya Uşakiıgil'in Aık-ı Memnu (1900) romanlarında baba-kız ilişkileri dikkat çekicidir. İstanbullular'da Belgin, Ajk-ı Memnu'da Nihal, benliklerinin oluşumunda büyük ölçüde babalarına bağlı, babalarından erken yaşta uzaklaşmak zorunda kaldıkları halde onlardan gerçek anlamda hiçbir zaman kopamamış, hep "babasının kızı" olarak kalmış karakterlerdir. İki karakterin babalarıyla ilişkileri ortak bir zemin üzerinde gelişir. ..
Köprü heißt Brücke. Warum die Türkei Europa braucht und Europa die Türkei
No full textSchmuhl H-W. Köprü heißt Brücke. Warum die Türkei Europa braucht und Europa die Türkei. In: Aksoy M, ed. Die türkisch-deutschen Beziehungen. Eine unendliche Geschichte. Frankfurt; 2010: 141-144
Genotoxic Effects of Electromagnetic Fields from High Voltage Power Lines on Some Plants
No full textAllium cepa bulbs were germinated in pots for three days on treatment area on which 380 kV high voltage power lines are passing. Ten bulbs were set up for each treatment area (0 m (meter), 10 m, 25 m, 50 m and 100+ m for control from power lines). Triticum baeoticum Boiss. subsp. baeoticum seeds were collected at same distance from power lines on planted field. Ten seeds from each area were germinated in Petri dishes for three days in laboratory. The treatment groups were compared with the control group for mitotic index and chromosome aberrations. Data obtained showed that electromagnetic fields from high voltage power lines increased the mitotic index and chromosome aberrations
Story of Benzene and Leukemia: Epidemiologic Approach of Muzaffer Aksoy
No full textIn 1974, Professor Muzaffer Aksoy established a link to leukemia in humans as a result of occupational exposure to benzene. The aim of this study is to evaluate his epidemiological approach for his investigation on the effects of benzene and to bring attention to the benzene problem in Turkey. Dr. Aksoy observed that a large group of leukemic patients were shoemakers, or they worked in leather manufacturing. In the 1960s, benzene was a popular solvent in the leather industry. Dr. Aksoy conducted a field investigation in Gedikpasa-Istanbul, where the shoemakers worked so that he could draw his key observations from actual environmental conditions. With a gas detector, he found the concentration of benzene in these work places to be 150-210 ppm and up to 650 ppm on rare occasions. He performed an epidemiological study and health education among 28,500 shoe, slipper and handbag workers during the period from 1967 to 1974. He published these data, establishing an association between benzene and leukemia. The incidence of leukemia among the shoe workers was decreased by screening, health education, and legislative actions in Turkey, but it began to increase again because of lack of an occupational health policy and underestimation of the problem. These results suggest the importance of primary prevention of occupational cancers. Dr. Aksoy's epidemiologic approach may highlight the necessity for detailed investigations of the occupational status of patients who need medical aid in order to diagnose the real underlying factor
CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FROM TELEVISION ON ALLIUM CEPA L. ROOT TIP CELLS
No full textAllium cepa bulbs were exposed for eight hours a day for three days at electromagnetic fields from television. Five bulbs were set up for each group (0.25 m, 0.50 m, 1 m and 2 m distances from television). Mitotic index, phase frequencies and chromosome aberrations were evaluated in exposed groups as compared with control group. Data obtained showed that electromagnetic fields from television significantly increased the mitotic index at close distances. However, there were no significantly differences in the phase frequencies and chromosome aberrations frequencies
Who are the net food importing countries ?
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict and whether they are significant oil exporters. The study also estimates the changes in net food importing status of these countries over the last two and a half decades, and, most important, the study measures the relative importance of these net food imports in the import basket of the countries. Our results show that while many low-income countries are net food importers, the importance and potential impact of the net food importing status has been highly exaggerated. Many low-income countries that have larger food deficits are either oil exporters or countries in conflict. Food deficits of most low-income countries are not that significant as a percentage of their imports. Our results also show that only 6 low-income countries have food deficits that are more than 10 percent of their imports. Last two decades have seen a significant improvement in the food trade balances of low-income developing countries. SSA low-income countries are an exception to this trend. On the other hand, there are a group of countries which are experiencing civil conflicts which are large importers of food, and these countries can not meet their basic needs. They also need special assistance in the distribution of food within their boundaries. Therefore, one should modify the WTO Ministerial Declaration, and focus on these conflict countries rather than the broad net food importers.Food&Beverage Industry,Emerging Markets,Currencies and Exchange Rates,Economic Theory&Research,
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