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"Sugar is one of the most highly protected agricultural commodities worldwide. This protection depresses trade … opportunities and the prices received by exporters without preferential market access. For this reason, dialogues about sugar policy … are often polarized and short sound bites caustic. Yet today's sugar markets are being driven by a complex array of …
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We study optimal disclosure of variety by a multi-product firm with random costs. In our model there are two varieties that are horizontally differentiated and differ in overall quality, but buyers cannot distinguish between them without labels. The equilibrium prices for labeled varieties are...
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, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why … farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India …. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension …
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Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on … learning and household decisionmaking only considers access to information for a single, typically male, household head. This …-disaggregated social network data from Uttar Pradesh, India, we analyze agricultural information networks among men and women. We test for …
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The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
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This research paper is aimed at understanding why border trade policies are today complemented with behind …
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of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …
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This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our...
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The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the international development community. Eliminating hunger and promoting widespread growth in the region inevitably involves agriculture, given its central role in the region's economies....
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