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When to go local, when to go edible: Trade, technology and food security
Koch, William L.; Sadler, Thomas R. - 2009
We develop a variation of the Grossman-Helpman Protection for Sale" model, where organized groups, representing various sectors of the economy, influence government policy. In particular, this paper focuses on the rise of food prices and a greater level of influence of a food sector lobby,...
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South Asian Free Trade Area and food trade: Implications for regional food security
Ward, Megan; Herr, Hansjörg; Pédussel Wu, Jennifer - 2020
This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity … model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might …
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Leakages from Public Distribution System (PDS) and the way forward
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015
The public distribution system (PDS) has been one of the main policy instruments of the Government of India (GoI) to provide food security to the people of this country, especially the vulnerable ones. The recently enacted National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, also relies heavily on it to...
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India's exports of food products: Food safety related issues and way forward
Goyal, Tanu M.; Mukherjee, Arpita; Kapoor, Avantika - 2017
sustainable agriculture practices and is encouraging organic farming. Despite these efforts, Indian exporters of agricultural … bilateral trade agreements, etc., and (c) raising the issue in multilateral forums such as the WTO. …
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Poverty Impact of Rising Maize Prices in Kenya
Levin, Jörgen - 2010
sector. The regional maize trade within East Africa seems to have a role to play, and exploring the impact of total … increase on maize on Kenyan households. Simulating a 100% increase in maize prices, we find that the headcount ratio in urban … marketing margins and fertiliser prices, would be important factors in promoting a positive impact on performance in the maize …
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Food Security in South Asia: Issues and Opportunities
Mittal, Surabhi; Sethi, Deepti - 2009
Food security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in …
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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India
Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014
famines, such grain stocks are a conduit deployed by the government to foster the country's agriculture development and food …
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Improving the Lot of the Farmer: Development Challenges in Timor-Leste during the Second Decade of Independence
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2012
Timor-Leste's first ten years of independence have been turbulent and a large share of the population remains poor. Broad-based improvements in living standards will require improvements in agricultural production since most Timorese are subsistence farmers and since there is no modern sector to...
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Agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso: The role of gender and risk attitudes
Sepahvand, Mohammad H. - 2022
This study analyzes how risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of men and women in a subSaharan African country, Burkina Faso. By using a large representative panel survey of farmers, the results show that as female farmers increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned...
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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013: Challenges, buffer stocking and the way forward
Saini, Shweta; Gulati, Ashok - 2015
The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 combines and expands the scope of some existing food-based welfare schemes. It will be distributing raw rations, meal(s) and/or cash. Approximately 81.35 crore persons or 16.57 crore households are to benefit under the targeted public distribution...
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