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Impact of Seed Voucher System on Rice Farmers’ Welfare in Nigeria: A Randomized Control Trial Approach

Awotide, Bola Amoke; Awoyemi, Taiwo T.; Diagne, Aliou; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

This study adopted Randomized Control Trial to examine the impact of seed voucher system on farming households’ welfare … Nigeria. The WALD estimate reveals that the use of seed voucher increased household Per Capita Expenditure (PCE) by N14705 …. Therefore, the use of seed voucher to grant farmers assess to certified improved rice seed can generate improvement in farmers …

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Consulting the stakeholders on pro-poor market segmentation of maize seed in Africa

De Groote, Hugo; Andam, Kwaw S.; Hall, Mike; Munyua, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Paper accepted for presentation at the 27th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Beijing China, August 16-22, 2009, (Ref 690)

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Agriculturally Related Environmental Issues in Free Trade Agreements

Colyer, Dale - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The consideration of environmental matters in trade liberalization agreements has become an issue since they were included in NAFTA and recognized Uruguay round agreement that created the WTO. Many WTO members, especially the less developed countries, remain opposed to including environmental...

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Price Transmission Subject to Security‐based Trade Barriers in the Context of the Israeli‐Palestinian Conflict

Ihle, Rico; Rubin, Ofir D. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

Israel’s imposition of military security measures in the Palestinian territories as a consequence of the long-lasting violent conflict yields depressing economic effects to all parties involved. One crucial implication is the limited ability to carry out trade which brings about welfare...

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Agricultural trade for food security in Africa: A Ricardian model approach

Diagne, Mandiaye; Abele, Steffen; Diagne, Aliou; Seck, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

Regionalism and food security is a relatively neglected topic with very limited literature. We use a Ricardian trade model with multiple goods and countries which embeds a structure of gravity equation and yield variability. Our study shows that integration with African markets of staple foods...

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Productivity, Geography, and the Export Decision of Chilean Farms

Echeverria, Rodrigo; Gopinath, Munisamy - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This article analyzes the export participation of Chilean farms and the relative importance of farm-specific and geographic characteristics in this decision. An export behavior model is estimated using data on 8,284 Chilean farms and a two-stage conditional maximum likelihood procedure. Farm...

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The Doha Agenda and Agricultural Trade Reform: The Role of Economic Analysis

Martin, William J.; Anderson, Kym - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper shows that research on international agricultural trade reform can make much greater contributions to understanding than was feasible in earlier trade negotiations. Part of this is due to improvements in the basic data on production, consumption and trade associated with the...

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PROJECTING WORLD FOOD DEMAND USING ALTERNATIVE DEMAND SYSTEMS

Yu, Wusheng; Hertel, Thomas W.; Preckel, Paul V.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are increasingly being used to project world food markets in order to support forward-looking policy analysis. Such projections hinge critically on the underlying functional form for representing consumer demand. Simple functional forms can lead to...

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Extending General Equilibrium to the Tariff Line: U.S. Dairy in the DOHA Development Agenda

Grant, Jason H.; Hertel, Thomas W.; Rutherford, Thomas F. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Market access has been at the core of eight negotiating rounds of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Yet, agricultural trade remains a heavily protected sector, characterized by higher tariffs relative to industrial goods, large tariff dispersions, numerous specific tariffs and...

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High-Value Agricultural Products of the Fiji Islands Performance and Prospects

Sharma, Kanhaiya Lal - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper analyses the performance of high-value agricultural products of Fiji Islands in terms of their production and exports during 1975-2004. Problems and key issues affecting this are discussed. The performance of agriculture was poor for traditional, semi- and highly processed products...

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