"Feenstra and Kee study the link between export product variety and country productivity based on data from 34 … with within-country GDP maximization, as well as cross-country comparison. The authors construct country productivity based … on relative endowments and product variety. Increases in output product variety improve country productivity as the new …

European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms …

productivity, difficulty adapting to climate change, financial difficulties (inability to handle the burden of high food or fuel …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 …

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 …

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 …

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