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Water pollution by fertilizers and pesticides
1986
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean S.; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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GM Cotton Adoption, Recent and Prospective: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts
Anderson, Kym; Jackson, Lee Ann; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use is made of the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Our results suggest that by following...
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WTO's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues
Anderson, Kym; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Four West African nations have demanded the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. This paper provides estimates of the potential economic impacts of (a)...
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COVID-19 and food systems : Short- and long-term impacts
OECD - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented short-term stresses on food supply chains around the world. However, rapid … outbreak of COVID-19, food systems were faced with a formidable “triple challenge” of simultaneously providing food security … and nutrition to a growing global population, ensuring the livelihoods of millions of people working along the food chain …
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The changing landscape of agricultural markets and trade : prospects for future reforms
OECD - 2019
opportunities to increase income and jobs through increasing agro-food sector participation in global and domestic value chains …. Countries can enhance the overall competitiveness of their agro-food sectors though more open trade policies and reducing the …, including to agro-food imports; ensuring that non-tariff measures are appropriate, transparent, and science-based; and reducing …
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Trade Barrier Volatility and Agricultural Price Stabilization
Anderson, Kym; Nelgen, Signe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
extreme upward price spikes, trade policy responses by food importers are as substantial as those of exporting countries. The …
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Export Restrictions and Price Insulation During Commodity Price Booms
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world prices. If this is done by countries accounting for a large share of the market, its effect is offset by increases in world price volatility. This study shows the nature of the...
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Changing contributions of different agricultural policy instruments to global reductions in trade and welfare
Anderson, Kym; Croser, Johanna L. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Trade negotiators and policy advisors are keen to know the relative contribution of different farm policy instruments to international trade and economic welfare. Nominal rates of assistance or producer support estimates are incomplete indicators, especially when (especially in developing...
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