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Revisiting the Global Food Architecture: Lessons from the 2008 Food Crisis
Christiaensen, Luc - eSocialSciences - 2010
market functioning and policymaking must be addressed. First, governments must reinvest in agriculture with a focus on public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680378
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Competition and Collusion in Grain Markets: Basmati Auctions in North India
Banerji, A; Meenakshi, J.V. - eSocialSciences - 2010
Many small wholesale grain markets in India are characterized by large numbers of sellers and a relatively small number of buyers, thereby lending the price formation process open to manipulation through collusion. Government intervention limits the extent of such manipulation through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008524071
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Public Investment in Agricultural and GDP Growth: Another Look at the Inter Sectoral Linkages and Policy Implications
Pandit, V N; Mani, Harish; Balachandran, G - eSocialSciences - 2011
public investment for agriculture on the stable growth of this sector as well as of the entire economy. [Working Papaer 201 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323756
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Food Failures and Futures
Garrett, Laurrie - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper is an analysis of food aid, rising food prices and its implications.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528095
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A New Era of World Hunger?- The Global Food Crisis Analyzed
Paul, James A. - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper is an account of the main streams discussed in an international conference, held in New York in April 2008, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Global Policy Forum, which considered the right to food and the role of the United Nations in responding to the global food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699092
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The Political Economy of Food Pricing Policy in China
Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Jun; Rozelle, Scott - eSocialSciences - 2013
The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global food crisis. The results show that given China’s unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural markets, the government’s reaction to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133192
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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands
Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007
This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487608
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09
Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008
Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699027
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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment
Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699187
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Who Wins If We Get a Free Trade With US?
Rosenberg, Bill - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper discuses the effects free trade with United States of America will have on New Zealand, and its economy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341750