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Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua

Romano, Donato; Ciani, Federico - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food insecurity. The developed methodology is applied to Nicaraguan rural households hit by Mitch Hurricane in 1999. The proposed resilience index highlights small landowners and agricultural wage...

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The Impact of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture on Food Security in Developing Countries

Birovljev, Jelena; Ćetković, Biljana - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2013

wealthy, developed countries is institutionalized and maintained. Agriculture has been one of the most controversial issues in … implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It discusses the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, which is systematically favoring …, discusses the relationship between trade and food security, and analyzes the impact of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture on food …

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The Pitfalls of Transition: Crowding Out the National Virtues

Miljkovic, Dragan - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

In this paper a view is advanced that explains why the transition to markets did not always lead to the outcomes predicted by the Washington Consensus type strategies. Institutional portfolio theory is used to define a myriad of interests and goals of a transition economy. A model is developed...

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Strategic Decision Criteria in an Emergent Company Confronted to Important Institutional Changes

Achabou, Mohamed Akli - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

During these last years, Algeria, like some other developing countries is undergoing important institutional changes. The structural adjustment plan (1990s), and the association agreement signed with the European Union (2005) are some of political tools that guide these profound changes that...

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Effets d’un changement institutionnel, la réforme du protocole sucre (ACP-UE), sur la filière légumes frais à l’île Maurice.

Ramasawmy, B.; Fort, F. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

This paper investigates the strategies adopted by economic actors in the context of an institutional change. We base ourselves on data collected as part of an exploratory study in the sugar and fresh vegetable supply chains in Mauritius. The reform of the sugar protocol between the European...

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Multifunctionality of Agriculture: An Inquiry Into the Complementarity Between Landscape Preservation and Food Security

Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Gaasland, Ivar; Vardal, Erling - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

Without support, the levels of agricultural public goods will fall short of the demand in high cost countries like Norway, Finland and Iceland. However, as demonstrated in this paper using Norway as a case, the current support and agricultural activity is far out of proportions from a public...

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Crop Diversification and Child Health: Empirical Evidence From Tanzania

Lovo, Stefania; Veronesi, Marcella - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

Malnutrition is a major issue in developing countries with long-term implications for economic development. Agricultural diversification has been recognized as a strategy to improve nutrition and human health, and a risk coping strategy in the face of climate change. We use the 2008-2010...

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Increasing the competitiveness through development of an integrated market of agricultural products

Miličić, Vesna; Udovč, Andrej - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

In the paper the case of cross-border area of Gorizia in Italy and Nova Gorica, Šempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia is studied in terms of the development of an integrated market of agricultural products and the supply of services and real assets. Market research includes the analysis of the capacity...

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Agricultural trade distortions during recent international price spikes: what implications for food security?

Magrini, Emiliano; Montalbano, Pierluigi; Nenci, Silvia; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

The aim of this paper is to assess the causal impact of trade policy distortions on food security. This is an hot issue since restrictions to agricultural trade have been generally applied by national governments, especially in developing countries, as a tool to insulate domestic markets from...

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Food trade impacts of trade agreements in the developing world

Mujahid, Irfan - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

This study investigates food trade impacts of the enormous numbers of trade agreements in the world with special focus on developing countries. The Gravity model is used for the empirical analysis and developed in a large panel data setting. The results suggest that both multilateral and...

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