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Alternative growth scenarios for Ugandan coffee to 2020:
You, Liangzhi; Bolwig, Simon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
, especially the collapse of world coffee prices in the late 1990s, are eroding farmer incomes and export revenues and threaten the …, different scenarios for each of these strategies are evaluated to show their potential impacts on Ugandan export prices, export …, would be significantly eroded by the negative effects on export prices, especially if other countries followed suit and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996696
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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114824
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204459
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Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops:
Gardebroek, Cornelis; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of diversification strategies to mitigate price risks and should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850569
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Co-movement of major commodity price returns: A time-series assessment:
de Nicola, Francesca; De Pace, Pierangelo; Hernandez, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the degree of co-movement among the nominal price returns of 11 major energy, agricultural, and food commodities using monthly data between 1970 and 2013. The authors study the extent and the time evolution of unconditional and conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886774
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 … appreciation between 2004/05 and 2007/08, which has resulted in major price disincentives for exports and production of import … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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The impact of “At-the-Border†and “Behind-the-Border†policies on cost-reducing research and development:
Berthoumieu, Julien; Bouët, Antoine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This research paper is aimed at understanding why border trade policies are today complemented with behind-the-border policies like output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public R&D investments. This is a new type of protectionism that becomes prominent since the 2006-2008 economic crisis. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272215
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Building a resilient global food system by lowering food price spikes and volatility:
Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277412
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Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops
Joshi, P.K.; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996571
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Trade liberalization under CAFTA: an analysis of the agreement with special reference to agriculture and smallholders in Central America
Morley, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper is a description and an analysis of trade liberalization under CAFTA. It shows that in the short run the impact of the agreement is likely to be small... Since the U.S. already grants tariff-free access under the CBI, trade liberalization in the CAFTA treaty appears to be asymmetric,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996578