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Labeling genetically modified food in India: Economic consequences in four marketing channels

Bansal, Sangeeta; Gruère, Guillaume - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

In 2006, India proposed a draft rule requiring the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) foods and products derived … mandatory labeling policy for GM food. We focus on four products that would likely be the first affected by such a regulation in … India: cottonseed oil, soybean oil, brinjal (eggplant), and rice. We find that GM food labeling would generate a specific …

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An analysis of trade related international regulations of genetically modified food and their effects on developing countries:

Gruère, Guillaume P. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

, we show that there is no clear consensus on labeling regulations for GM food, and there is an increasing risk of …

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A model of labeling with horizontal differentiation and cost variability:

Saak, Alexander - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

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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Agricultural policies in Vietnam

Nguyen, Hoa; Grote, Ulrike - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

Since 1986, Vietnam started to move from a centrally-planned towards a market-oriented system. It underwent several major economic and trade reforms – a process which is still not completed. At the same time, it also started to open its economy. Vietnam has become a member of the ASEAN Free...

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Trade liberalization, market reforms and competitiveness of Indian dairy sector

Sharma, Vijay Paul; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

From chronic shortages of milk, India has emerged today as the largest producer of milk in the world crossing 80 million tonnes. This has been achieved largely through a smallholder economy in which "Operation Flood", one of the world's largest dairy development programmes, played an important...

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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries:

Hoda, Anwarul; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"For more than six years the trade talks of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been stalled, mainly on account of differences in countries' levels of ambition for reducing support to and protection of agriculture. The expiration of the U.S. president's trade negotiating authority on June...

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