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Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Food Security in India
Panda, Manoj; Ganesh-Kumar, A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper attempts to assess the impact of trade liberalization on growth, poverty, and food security in India with … the help of a national level computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. It shows that GDP growth and income poverty … food security in addition to overall growth and poverty traditionally considered in such studies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365106
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Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030
Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278139
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Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030
Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278244
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CPD Expert Consultation on Floods : Need for Enhanced Concern, Better Coordination and Confidence Building Measures
Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Centre for Policy dialogue (CPD) convened an Expert Group Consultation at its Dialogue Room on Saturday 4 August 2007. The meeting was called to discuss the state of affairs in the context of the ongoing floods in the country and the possible consequences in terms of relief and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647689
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Achieving Boro Rice Production Targets in FY2009-10 : Challenges and Actions Required
Deb, UttamÂÂ; Khaled, Nafisa; Bairagi, Subir KantiÂÂ; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363513
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HIGHER BORO PRODUCTION FOR FOOD SECURITY : AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY
Deb, Uttam; Khaled, Nafisa; Bairagi, Subir Kanti; Amin, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Achieving self-sufficiency in foodgrain production by 2012, reduction of prices of essential commodities, and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363546
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Reforming Foodgrains Management : Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Ganesh-Kumar, A.; Gulati, Ashok; Cummings, Ralph; Jr. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness, and that continuing with the same only stifles growth in foodgrains, with very little welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363561
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Rethinking Agricultural Production Collectivities : The case for a group approach to energize agriculture and empower poor farmers
Agarwal, Bina - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In the face of persistent rural poverty, an incomplete agrarian transition, the predominance of small and marginal … farms and an emerging feminization of agriculture, this paper argues for a new institutional approach to poverty reduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363569
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Food Security in South Asia : Issues and Opportunities
Mittal, Surabhi; Sethi, Deepti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Food security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363648
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The Food-Feed-Fuel Triangle : Implications of Corn-based Ethanol for Grain-Use Competition
Banerjee, Arindam - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The contemporary world is witnessing certain critical changes in the domain of grain utilization. With the ongoing efforts to substitute fossil fuels with bio-fuels, there has been a rise in the importance of fuel-use of cereals. This adds a new dimension to the food-feed competition that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363790