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An agricultural protection policy is very common among industrial countries. However, there are actual pro and con arguments for it because someone must bear its cost. Even in Japan, consumers themselves do not necessarily object to increasing the importation of agricultural products. It may not...
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Calculation of rice and maize parity prices in Niger.
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received greatest attention. In nearly the entire continent, the so-called traditional marketing sector – open air markets …, dispersed informal vendors, and traditional shops – is expected to play a dominant role in fresh produce marketing for several … production and marketing systems over a time frame acceptable to most policy makers and donors. Public engagement, preferably …
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Evaluating the impact on market performance of investments in agricultural market information systems (MIS) face several methodological challenges. These fall into two broad categories: (a) defining the dimensions of market performance to measure (which is a function of whom the MIS is designed...
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Improving farmers’ access to markets is widely recognized as a major development challenge. A review of the literature suggests that indicators of market access may bear little relationship to the specific processes of interest and hence provide misguided evidence of the impacts of improved...
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differences. Conversely, we look at the relative importance of productivity investments and outcomes versus marketing investments …
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Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing rapidly, faster than any other major food grain. Between 2000 and 2009, per capita wheat consumption in SSA increased at a rate of 0.35 kilogram (kg)/year, outpacing maize and rice. Total wheat consumption increased by nearly 650,000...
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