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-the-border policies like output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public R&D investments. This is a new type of protectionism that becomes … restraints, and minimum price agreements) as well as “behind-the-border†policies (output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public … on R&D, as well as the impact of production subsidies, public R&D investments, and minimum price agreements on private R …
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Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of...
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Fertilizer consumption rates in Nigeria remains among the lowest in the world despite decades of aggressive subsidization. The extension service in Nigeria has a double-edged impact on fertilizer use in the country; not only can their activities increase farmers’ demand for fertilizer, but...
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"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities the sectors face. More than four...
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"Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in Pakistan. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities they face. One-quarter of...
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"This paper reviews the trends in government subsidies and investments in and for Indian agriculture; develops a … conceptual framework and model to assess the impact of various subsidies and investments on agricultural growth and poverty … and governance. There are three major findings. First, initial subsidies in credit, fertilizer, and irrigation have been …
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Though input vouchers are being publicized as a mechanism to simultaneously target subsidies and develop demand in …, exist on the effect of targeted subsidies on private input demand in Nigeria or West Africa . Consequently this study begins …
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Currently, there is increased focus on the methods in which public interventions stabilize agricultural markets. The subsidization of private storage is one of the options advocated. However, the efficiency of such an instrument is still being discussed and has not yet been explored in the...
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Export subsidies can generate or curb many perverse incentives for exporters, their expansionary effects on exports … and product specifications. Also, if there is under-invoicing, in principle it should decline with export subsidies since … of export subsidies on the under-invoicing of exports in Bangladesh. In a framework that allows for unobserved …
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While there is growing evidence of the impact of targeted subsidies on private input demand, as far as we are aware no … empirical studies have examined the spillover effects of targeted subsidies for just one input on the use of other complementary …
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