There is a strong linkage between the behavior of the rice market and the state of food security in many regions around … the world, particularly in Asia, as made evident in the 2007-08 commodity crisis. Rice is a staple for the majority of the …, “it is impossible to improve food security in the short run or long run without providing adequate supplies of rice that …

moderate public health problem. The AgroSalud project is enhancing the iron content of beans and rice in order to improve the … iron intake of vulnerable groups, especially children under five years and pregnant women. Iron- biofortified rice and …

As U.S. farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increased interest in … developing alternative sources of farm revenue to replace lost tobacco income, particularly in tobacco-dependent communities of … the southeastern United States. The recent end of the tobacco quota program is expected to accelerate the exit of tobacco …

Three representative Tennessee tobacco farms are used to estimate farm-level impacts of (1) program continuation with …

This paper presents a model of estimated demand for four tobacco products: cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and … smoking tobacco products. Own elasticities and cross-price elasticities are used to obtain insights into the effectiveness and … implications of new policy measures. Of particular interest is whether substitution of various tobacco products varies by market …

that high subsidies and protection in developed countries combined with taxation of rice farming in poor countries have …This study determines how production and trade policy distortions affected rice productivity in thirty-three rice …-producing countries. A rice-productivity index for each country is constructed, and a model linking the productivity gap with policy …

. The United States exports over 40 percent of its rice as paddy. This study uses a spatial equilibrium trade model to … evaluate the impacts of tariff escalation on U.S. and global long grain paddy and milled rice trade. Tariffs are harmonized for … paddy and milled rice at two levels: milled tariff rates and zero. The results indicate that tariff escalation distorts US …

In the Philippines, where rice is considered the most important food crop, attempts to influence rice prices have been … prices since its establishment in 1972 to support farm gate prices and reduce retail price of rice. But data shows divergence … movement of Philippine rice margins with government stocks and weather supply shocks to able to determine government …