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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. …

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Responding to the Global Financial Crisis : The Evolution of Asian Regionalism and Economic Globalization

Chin, Gregory - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

ï»¿This paper examines the evolving dynamics between economic globalization and Asian regional interdependence, and asks whether and how the global financial crisis impacted Asian regionalism. The analysis suggests that the global crisis did trigger advances in regional policy cooperation...

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Food Processing in Andhra Pradesh Opportunities and Challenges

Dev, S. Mahendra; Rao, N. Chandrasekhara - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2004

There has been diversification of Indian diets away from foodgrains to high value products like milk, meat products, vegetables and fruits. Food-processing industry has been registering good growth since the past few decades and particularly after nineties. The conditions are now ideal for the...

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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...

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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

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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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