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Developing Agricultural Trade : New Roles for Government in Poor Countries
Hubbard, Michael; Smith, Marisol; Ellis, Frank; Onumah, … - 2003
Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054403
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Derivatives and Development : A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty
Bush, Sasha Breger - 2012
Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106329
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Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Anderson, Kym - 2016
1. Introduction and Summary -- 2. How Trade Can Boost Food Security -- 3. The Long History of Food Globalization -- 4. The Evolution of Food Trade Patterns since 1960 -- 5. Market-Distorting Policies: Long-Run Trends and Short-Run Insulation -- 6. Estimating Trade, Welfare, and Poverty Effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615668
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The Eurasian Wheat Belt and Food Security : Global and Regional Aspects
Gómez y Paloma, Sergio (ed.); Mary, Sébastien (ed.);  … - 2017
global agriculture. Such prospects require a detailed investigation of Eurasia’s future perspectives in terms of food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397118
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Emerging from an Entrenched Colonial Economy : New Zealand Primary Production, Britain and the EEC, 1945 - 1975
Hall, David - 2017
This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398340
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Ernährung, Nahrungsmittelmärkte und Landwirtschaft : ökonomische Fragestellungen vor dem Hintergrund der Globalisierung
Jäggi, Christian J. - 2018
darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion, der Landwirtschaft, des Nahrungsmittelhandels und der Biodiversität meist … Entwicklung der Nahrungsmittelrohstoffpreise zeigt. Dazu kommt, dass große Nahrungsmittelkonzerne die Strategie verfolgen, die … Kontrolle. Das Buch thematisiert ökonomische Fragen zur Nahrungsmittelproduktion, zur Landwirtschaft, zum Handel mit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401503
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Food Safety, Market Organization, Trade and Development
Hammoudi, Abdelhakim (ed.); Grazia, Cristina (ed.);  … - 2015
This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402111
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A New Paradigm for Greek Agriculture
Karantininis, Kostas - 2017
institutional structure for Greek agriculture …Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Overview of Greek Agriculture -- Chapter 3. Policy Governance -- Chapter 4 … Paradigm for Greek Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397296
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Reform and Development of Agriculture in China
Li, Zhou - 2017
China’s Agriculture -- Agricultural Reform -- Institutional Change of China’s Agricultural Management System -- The … Development of China’s Agriculture -- China’s Agriculture and Transformation of Agricultural Policies -- China’s Food Security … -- Challenges Faced by Agricultural Development -- Prospects of China’s Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397474
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Sustainable Agricultural Development : Challenges and Approaches in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries
Petit, Michel (ed.); Montaigne, Etienne (ed.);  … - 2015
This book provides an up-to-date assessment of sustainable agri-food systems and rural development in the Mediterranean countries. It examines and reviews the impact of EU and national policies on environmental and trade issues in agricultural and rural organizations in the southern and eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402132