Showing 1 - 10 of 309
This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the … largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples …, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus food production zones and for moderating price spikes in deficit areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552956
The agriculture and agri-food sector is a substantial driver of Moldova's international trade and export … competitiveness. Enhancing Moldova's agricultural competitiveness is a key element in improving the access of Moldovan agro-food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644576
Pakistan is widely believed to be underperforming as far as its agricultural export potential is concerned. However, analyses to support this allegation are very few, in part due to the lack of easily accessible data. In this paper provide the first necessary step in the analysis of Pakistan's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557331
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003632932
"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors identify structural breaks over the sample period used to estimate the covariance matrix of the shocks to the debt ratios. Second, the assumption of normality of the shocks is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521050
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523025
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523420
European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522939
Low-income, food-deficit countries have become especially concerned about the global and national food situation over … the past three years. While the proximate cause of this heightened concern was the surge in food prices that began in 2006 … seem to prevail, continuing price volatility, and the risk of intermittent food shortages occurring repeatedly far into the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550614
This study provides a review of the food and agricultural sector in Ukraine. It assesses the current status of the food … support to the sector. The paper reviews the sector's readiness to compete on open global markets for food and agricultural … products. Given the importance and sensitivity of the food and agriculture sector in the country, the report highlights a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559249