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parts of the country. The Robusta type dominates coffee production and Ugandan Robusta is demanded by roasters as a …, especially the collapse of world coffee prices in the late 1990s, are eroding farmer incomes and export revenues and threaten the …-level productivity constraints. This leads us to examine possible development strategies for Ugandan coffee production: area expansion …
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tariff-rate quota and reduction in production subsidies would have significant impact on import volume and price. Prices and …"High production and export subsidies in developed countries and high protection in both developed and developing … production and trade potential. Because rice markets are highly segmented, major rice types are differentiated to estimate the …
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. Food prices in Asia are projected to remain high and volatile, and food production is likely to be challenged by the …
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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...
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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...
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appreciation between 2004/05 and 2007/08, which has resulted in major price disincentives for exports and production of import … rate (by 34 percent between July 2004 and July 2008) that reduced incentives for domestic production of exportables and non …-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 …
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on R&D, as well as the impact of production subsidies, public R&D investments, and minimum price agreements on private R … but also domestic production and profits without reducing consumers’ surplus. …
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level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and …
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"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,...
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