Mediante el análisis de cointegración y el modelo de vector de corrección de errores (VEC) se estimó el sistema de ecuaciones de oferta, demanda y precio del arroz blanco para Colombia, en el periodo comprendido entre 1970 - 2004. La demanda estimada muestra los signos esperados y es...

Commodity prices have been growing fast in the last few years and this has caused countless economic changes worldwide. This paper looks for a place in this topic offering a smooth transition vector autoregressive model whose motivation is rooted in the heterogeneous agent based models...

Price controls are measures that can significantly affect the sectors subject to such policies. Using a dynamic general stochastic equilibrium model with two types of agents: farmers and city dwellers, calibrated to Bolivia, it is shown that with falling productivity in the agricultural sector,...

We analyze the quinoa sector situation and prospects in Bolivia, based on both secondary and primary information sources (i.e. surveys of producers and interviews to key actors). The quinoa sector has sustainability problems in production, market shares and price volatility. However, this grain...

How did the wine world market perform in the last decades in terms of production, international trade, prices and consumption? What happened with Argentina's wine industry in the same period? To answer these questions, we categorize countries and analyze FAO statistics from 1961 on. We verify...

This paper evaluates four dimensions of food security (ie availability, sovereignty, stability and consumption and biological utilization). Finding gaps for food groups: fruits and vegetables, proteins and carbohydrates, from comparing the supply of each product with minimum nutritional...

Spanish Abstract:Las reformas energéticas en México y la búsqueda de nuevas fuentes de energía que no dañen el ambiente han generado cambios en la economía de México. La posible solución para disminuir la emisión de gases efecto invernadero es el uso del bioetanol a partir de maíz,...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de la presente investigación es identificar y analizar los factores que pueden ser consideradas de gestión ambiental en la micro y pequeñas empresas procesadoras de alimentos ubicadas en el municipio de Puebla, así como determinar qué acciones están...