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-the-border policies like output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public R&D investments. This is a new type of protectionism that becomes … restraints, and minimum price agreements) as well as “behind-the-border†policies (output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public … on R&D, as well as the impact of production subsidies, public R&D investments, and minimum price agreements on private R …
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Food insecurity at the national and household level not only is a consequence of conflict but can also cause and drive conflicts. This paper makes the case for an even higher priority for food security–related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries.
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"In July 2008, the government of Ghana instituted a country-wide subsidy on 50Kg bags of four types of fertilizer in an effort to mitigate the effect of rising energy and food prices. Farmers received the subsidy in the form of fertilizer- and region-specific vouchers distributed by agricultural...
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Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of...
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Fertilizer consumption rates in Nigeria remains among the lowest in the world despite decades of aggressive subsidization. The extension service in Nigeria has a double-edged impact on fertilizer use in the country; not only can their activities increase farmers’ demand for fertilizer, but...
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Identity theft is a common crime the world over. In developing countries, the damage caused by identity theft and identity fraud goes far beyond the individual victim, however, and ultimately creates a direct impediment to progress, particularly in credit markets. Recent research reveals that...
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. In response to the fiscal cost and ineffective implementation of these subsidies, as well as pressure from international … on fertilizer distribution and phased out universal subsidies." from text …
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"High production and export subsidies in developed countries and high protection in both developed and developing … markets in Latin America and shows that reduction of direct and implicit export subsidies in the US will benefit regional … tariff-rate quota and reduction in production subsidies would have significant impact on import volume and price. Prices and …
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Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa have reduced or eliminated fertilizer subsidies and liberalized input marketing as …
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