European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms … production and use at home and abroad. On the other hand, when faced with greater competition, the optimal response of farmers in … general equilibrium model of GM adoption in America with and without an EU moratorium. This paper a product of the Trade Team …

costs are used as an exogenous measure of import competition. The authors find a positive and robust effect of import … that increased import competition from less advanced economies is the major cause for the positive impact on quality …

, transparent, and participatory decisions on the application of the import restrictions they allow. The proposed special … agricultural safeguard expands by arithmetic formula the bounds within which a Member may impose a new import restriction. Analysis … useful, the special agricultural safeguard should do more than provide formulas for import restrictions. It should provide …

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 …

, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus food production zones and for moderating price spikes in deficit areas … production, this section aims to empirically evaluate the impact of maize production shocks on staple food prices, production …This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the …

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 …

global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will …Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising … impacts on poverty. The report highlights the range of barriers to food trade in Africa along the entire value chain. The …

The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices … could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups … proportion to their consumption. The consumption of relatively wealthy groups is linked directly to price of natural gas, while …