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Smallholder Risk Management in Developing Countries
Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila; Kimura, Shingo; Antón, Jesús - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
This paper addresses various aspects of risk and risk management for smallholders in developing countries, and presents a quantitative assessment of farm-level risks and risk management strategies in three emerging economies: Brazil, China and Viet Nam. The analysis covers production, income,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272338
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Policy Responses in Emerging Economies to International Agricultural Commodity Price Surges
Jones, Darryl; Kwiecinski, Andrzej - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2010
interventions to limit the rise in food prices, market interventions to control inflation, assistance to consumers through safety …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673525
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Market and Trade Impacts of Food Loss and Waste Reduction
Okawa, Koki - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015
This report provides a forward looking analysis of the market and trade impacts of food loss and waste reduction, based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276772
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Long Term Trends in Agricultural Policy Impacts
Martini, Roger - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011
Agricultural policies have undergone reforms in most OECD countries, each choosing a different path to replace policies historically based on market price support with other forms of support deemed superior in achieving differing policy objectives. This report looks at the results of this reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003061
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The Trade and Trade Policy Implications of Different Policy Responses to Societal Concerns
Tothova, Monika - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009
Societal concerns as they pertain to farming activities play an important role today in the development of national policies. How such concerns are perceived varies from one society to another as do the policy responses (economic instruments and regulations) that governments put in place. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015161
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Potential Market Effects of Selected Policy Options in Emerging Economies to Address Future Commodity Price Surges
Thompson, Wyatt; Tallard, Grégoire - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2010
building and rebuilding phases mean higher market prices and less food consumption at other times. In conclusion, none of these … policies is an unambiguous solution that sustains food consumption during times of high prices with minimal taxpayer and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677879
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Fertiliser and Biofuel Policies in the Global Agricultural Supply Chain: Implications for Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes
Lampe, Martin von; Kavallari, Aikaterini; Bartelings, Heleen - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
incomes abroad, while livestock farmers in both country groups face lower feed costs and, in consequence, lower livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276770
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Preventing Food Waste: Case Studies of Japan and the United Kingdom
Parry, Andrew; Bleazard, Paul; Okawa, Koki - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015
This report contains case studies of food loss and waste policy practices in Japan and the United Kingdom. The Japanese … case study examines the goals, measurements, achievements and future challenges of the country’s food loss and waste … policies. The Japanese government has implemented policies to suppress and recycle food loss and waste since 2000 under its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276767
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Farm Level Analysis of Risk and Risk Management Strategies and Policies: Cross Country Analysis
Kimura, Shingo; Antón, Jesús; LeThi, Christine - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2010
This Working Paper presents the work on farm level analysis of risk management environment, strategies and policies. Two types of results are presented: statistical indicators of risk exposure at the individual level, and micro model simulation results on risk management strategies.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599407
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083318