Amr Radwan

• PhD Applied Economics, Barcelona University
• Director at Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM

SUMMARY The chuncho -Cedrelinga cateniformis (Ducke) Ducke, a native Fabaceae species, was evaluated in forest plantations and Agroforestry systems (AFS) in Napo, Ecuadorian Amazon, determining its potential in productive restoration projects to mitigate poverty and Global Change, and contributing to the value chains of a sustainable post-oil Bioec...

TENA, NAPO-ECUADOR OPORTUNIDAD DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE PARA LA REGIÓN AMAZÓNICA Y EL SECTOR FORESTAL INDUSTRIAL ECUATORIANO Chuncho (Cedrelinga cateniformis): Especie guía en sistemas agroforestales para restauración productiva, reducción de la pobreza, mitigación del Cambio Global y generación de madera cultivada y alimentos para la Bioeconomía

Carbon fixation, food and wood production as an Integrative Agrosilvicultural Tool for Ooverty Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation in the Ecuadorian Amazon The Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR) comprise 48% of the country territory and include the Andean foothills. One third of the one million inhabitants belong to the ancestral cultures which ma...

Abstract The article analyzes, supported by an exhaustive and updated bibliographic review, the evolution of education and development in Cuba, detailing the training system and its public policies, pointing out the main challenges for its economic progress. He recognizes Cuba's scientific and educational potential, although he points out that it n...

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the PIGÜE ((Pollalesta discolor) and the BALSA (Ochroma pyramidale) constitute an important source of income for the local communities. They are pioneer species of abundant regeneration in cleared lands and fallow lands, whose management is easy done by local communities for the sustainable production of wood in the short...

En el marco de un webinar internacional organizado por la Universidad de Marilia, estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil, se presenta una perspectiva sobre la Amazonía Periandina ecuatoriana, el rol de la agricultura ancestral practicada por las comunidades de Pueblos y Nacionalidades y la prospección de la Agroecología y el Biocomercio como base de la Bioeco...

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the PIGÜE ((Pollalesta discolor) and the BALSA (Ochroma pyramidale) constitute an important source of income for the local communities. They are pioneer species of abundant regeneration in cleared lands and fallow lands, whose management is easy done by local communities for the sustainable production of short-term woods,...

Fair trade is a global movement of association and commercial cooperation, based on communication, transparency and respect, which seeks greater equity in international trade, contributing to sustainability in the best conditions of trade and the guarantee of rights of involved groups. The activities of research in commerce, have been involved in d...

The research is focused on the real sector of the popular and solidary economy in Ecuador, being one of the pillars of socioeconomic development, as a generator of production and work that base their actions in the pursuit of the common good for all its members. However, this sector has not grown sustainably due to the lack of capital, the low leve...

The popular and solidary economy sector, in Ecuador, is one of the pillars of socioeconomic development, as a generator of production and work that bases its actions in the search for the common good for all its members. However, this sector has not grown rapidly, due to lack of fiscal incentives, among other reasons; It is important, then, to deve...

Resumen: La investigación de la eficacia y la productividad contribuyen a la exploración de metodologías de apoyo para la transformación sistemática de la información en acción en escenarios donde intervienen múltiples variables o criterios de selección. Para efectos de la presente ponencia, se consideró que, dentro de los diversos métodos de decis...

Efficiency and productivity research contribute to the exploration of support methodologies for the systematic transformation of information into action in scenarios where multiple variables or selection criteria intervene. For the purposes of the present paper, the Hierarchical Analytical Process (PAJ) method was considered within the various mult...

The sector of the popular and solidary economy, in Ecuador, is one of the pillars of socioeconomic development, as a generator of production and work that bases its actions in the search for the common good for all its members. However, this sector has not grown rapidly, due to lack of fiscal incentives, among other reasons; it is important, then,...

Productive efficiency analysis is a relevant tool that can be used to evaluate differences in the performance between conventional and organic farms. Such study is important for the assessment of the economic viability of these two agricultural systems. Although the existing research has widely used the stochastic frontier methodology and the data...

Although the prevalence of obesity and the unquestionable relationship exists between this prevalence and food consumption (especially food with high content of fatty and sugars) are growing all over the world, few studies have investigated this relation. In this study, we estimate a Generalized Almost Ideal Demand System (GAIDS) to analyze the eff...

La organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT), menciona que el turismo es una actividad económica y social, una actividad que realiza por ocio o negocio, fuera del lugar de residencia habitual, está conformada por un conjunto de disciplinas como: la sociología, Antropología, Psicosociología, Psicología, Política, Derecho, Antropología, Economía, Admini...

Obesity is a growing wide spread epidemic all over the world, in developed as well as developing countries. Taking into account its nature as a complex phenomenon affected by different aspects including economic ones, a growing body of literature has examined the effect of economic factors on obesity prevalence and the effectiveness of economic int...

A bivariate Smooth Transition Vector Error Correction Model is applied to monthly poultry price data to analyze the effects that avian influenza has had on price transmission along the Egyptian poultry marketing chain. In order to reflect consumer awareness of the crisis, an avian influenza food scare information index is developed and used within...

A very important pillar of the modernization of the Egyptian agriculture depends upon the exportation of the high value added products such as organic products. In spite of the importance of the organic agriculture within the Egyptian agriculture sector and up to our knowledge, it does not exist in Egypt until now any study that try to determine an...

In recent years, health risks have received increasing attention among consumers and created interest in analysing the relationship between food scares, food consumption and market prices. One of the most relevant and recent food scares is the avian influenza that has had important effects not only on human and animal health, but also on the econom...

The impact of food scares on meat consumption has been traditionally investigated by estimating food demand systems using aggregated time series. Only a few have considered micro data but none of them has tried to quantify consumers’ reaction to food scares and the speed of such reactions. In this study we apply duration analysis techniques with th...

In recent years, health risks have received increasing attention among consumers and created interest in analysing the relationship between food scares, food consumption and market prices. One of the most relevant and recent food scares is the avian influenza that has had important effects not only on human and animal health, but also on the econom...

"United Kingdom (UK) demand for carnations by exporting country was estimated using a production version of the Rotterdam model, and model estimates were used to assess the effects of EU preferential trade agreements on import demand. Of particular importance was how these agreements affected Colombian and Kenyan carnation exports to the UK, the se...

Postprint (published version)