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Rural banking in Nigeria: Empirical evidence of indicative policy variables from Anambra State

Okorie, Aja - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 07 (1992) 1

Ten years after the establishment of the Rural Banking Scheme (RBS) in Nigeria, there are clear indications that the problems and issues which led to the scheme are still prevalent. These include a low level of rural savings mobilization, inadequate use of banking services, and lack of credit...

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Least-cost cheap-food policies: some implications of international food aid

Alston, Julian M.; Smith, Vincent H.; Acquaye, Albert; … - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 20 (1999) 3

Many low-income countries pursue cheap-food policies in which consumers pay subsidized prices for bread, rice and other staples. This paper addresses the issue of why different governments select different food subsidy policies, using multiple instruments rather than a simple across-the-board...

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Cost-effectiveness of alternative green payment policies for conservation technology adoption with heterogeneous land quality

Khanna, Madhu; Isik, Murat; Zilberman, David - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 27 (2002) 2

that share the fixed costs of adoption of a conservation technology and/or input reduction subsidies to reduce the use of a … adoption of a conservation technology to control pollution. Moreover, they may lead to varying levels of expansion of land …

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Water pricing policies, public decision making and farmers' response: implications for water policy

Varela-Ortega, Consuelo; Sumpsi, Jose M.; Garrido, Alberto - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 19 (1998) 1-2

The problems caused by water scarcity demand important changes in the criteria and objectives of water policies. The agricultural sector in Spain consumes up to 80% of all available hydric resources and the need to increase the efficiency of current uses of water in the agricultural sector is at...

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Grain price stabilization in India: Evaluation of policy alternatives

Jha, Shikha; Srinivasan, P.V. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 21 (1999) 1

Stabilization of prices is an important element of food policy in India as in most other countries - both developing and developed. However, since the magnitude of grain stocks held for this purpose as well as the costs of physical storage have become prohibitively high, there is now a need for...

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Commodity price stabilisation: macroeconomic impacts and policy options

Kannapiran, Chinna A. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 23 (2000) 1

A macroeconometric simulation study is undertaken to evaluate the impact of commodity price stabilisation (CPS) schemes for the export tree crop industry in Papua New Guinea. The findings suggest that there is a negligible level of favourable macroeconomic impacts of CPS. Contrary to the...

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The impact of prices and macroeconomic policies on agricultural supply: a synthesis of available results

Mamingi, Nlandu - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 16 (1997) 1

This paper reviews the literature dealing with the link of agricultural prices and macroeconomic policies to agiicultural supply with particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the study echoes the stylized facts on price elasticities underlined in previous literature reviews, the paper...

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Evaluation of the Influence of Agricultural Price Policy on Cotton Production in Cote-d'lvoire

Berte, Kama; Epplin, Francis M. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 03 (1989) 1

In this paper the impact of the cotton pricing policy of the marketing board of Cote-d'Ivoire is investigated. A … theoretical model is developed to derive the price level which maximizes revenue generated from the marketing board's cotton … in the Country response to price changes and that the pricing policy of the marketing board has been consistent with an …

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Discussion: The impact of prices and macroeconomic policies on agricultural supply: a reply

Mamingi, Nlandu - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 21 (1999) 3

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Wheat and Maize Price Policies in Hungary: Tradeoffs between Foreign Exchange and Government Revenue

Braverman, Avishay; Hammer, Jeffrey S.; Morduch, Jonathan J. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 01 (1987) 3

This paper reports on a methodology designed to examine the effects of selected agricultural policies in Hungary. The purpose of the paper is twofold. The first is to explain the methodology, dubbed multi-market analysis in previous work, which is implemented on personal computers to support...

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