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Armington elasticities and tariff regime: an application to European Union rice imports

Huchet-Bourdon, Maryline; Pishbahar, Esmaeil - HAL - 2008

Most of the European Union's (EU) import sources for rice are in developing countries and the least-developed countries … (LDCs). The EU has moreover made a commitment to allow duty-free and quota-free access to rice imports originating in the … is introduced, what happens to the market share of large rice exporters to the EU, especially to the market share of poor …

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Observatoire et plateforme de concertation : deux outils complémentaires d'aide à la décisison pour la filière riz à Madagascar

David-Benz, Hélène; Rasolofo, Patrick; Andriamparany, … - HAL - 2010

participation and debates. We analyze the experience of the Concertation Platform for Rice and the Rice Information and Monitoring …

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Price expectations and price dynamics: the case of the rice sector in developing Asia

Barré, Thomas - HAL - 2011

prices, natural disasters, and producers' expectations. An econometric estimation of the rice sector, using a panel of 13 … forecasting errors are large. Specifically, Asian rice farmers have a 50% chance of making prediction errors of 10% or more on the …

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Toward a reflexive framework to compare collective design methods for farming system innovation

Berthet, Elsa; Barnaud, Cécile; Girard, Nathalie; … - HAL - 2012

Faced with strong environmental issues, the agricultural sector has to revise deeply its aims and performance criteria. Numerous methods have been proposed to involve heterogeneous stakeholders in farming system design, and several authors highlight the importance of reflexivity in such...

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The establishment of the High Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition (HLPE). Shared, independent and comprehensive knowledge for international policy coherence in fo...

Gitz, Vincent; Meybeck, Alexandre - HAL - 2011

Following the 2007-2008 food crisis, improvements of world food governance was at the centre of international discussions, leaning towards a new Global Partnership for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition. In this process, the issue of the management of various streams of knowledge appeared...

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Overview of the Current Food Security Crisis in Zambia

Samatebele, Helen M - HAL - 2003

Zambia was economically prosperous at independence (1964), due to the thriving copper industry. Zambia has the potential to expand agricultural production. However, it is estimated that only 14% of total agricultural land is currently being utilized. Agriculture generates about 22% of Gross...

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Lessons from the Current Food Crisis in Southern Africa

Wiggins, Steve - HAL - 2003

The food crisis in Southern Africa that stems from the crop failures of the 2001-2002 crop season has, not surprisingly, prompted much reflection on the causes of the problem and policy responses. Several official donors and NGOs have set in motion reviews, including, for example the EU and CARE...

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The Southern African Food Security Crisis, Causes and Responses

Mbaya, Sue - HAL - 2003

Over the last few decades, Southern African governments have identified the eradication or alleviation of poverty as a key objective of developmental programmes. In spite of these repeated articulations and ongoing efforts poverty levels have not fallen. In fact, poverty has gradually worsened...

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Differentiated management of GM diffusion in China: Further hampering the self-sufficiency in cereal production?

Fok, Michel; Liang, Weili; Wang, Guiyan; Wu, Yuhong - HAL - 2004

China is a big country in terms of biotech achievements. It is also a rare country demonstrating crop-differentiated policies in the dissemination of the GMOs. While the release of GMOs is authorized notably for cotton in 1998, it is still prohibited for food crops. In spite of the positive...

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Alert at Maradi: preventing food crisis using price signals

Araujo, Claudio; Bonjean, Catherine Araujo; Brunelin, … - HAL - 2011

National early warning systems of Sahelian countries are mainly based on biophysics models to predict agricultural production shortages and prevent food crisis. The objective of this paper is to show that cereal market prices also bring useful information on future food availability that could...

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