Two trends on yields have been observed for rice, wheat, and even edible oils in Asia. The deceleration of yield growth … rice and wheat in various countries including Asian countries. Long-term growth will have to come from great advances in …

Most studies on rational response of rice producers in less developed countries(LDCs) assume risk–neutrality. However …

to local markets in developing countries. We analyse two samples of price transmission (PT) estimates, one extracted from … due to publication bias. Cointegration is more prevalent for maize market pairs and less prevalent for rice market pairs …-run price relationship, but international prices do not. The only notable exception to this rule is rice, which suggests that …

more as they spend approximately three quarters of their income on food. Together rice and wheat provide more than 50% of … the calorific intake in India. Apart from providing food security, millions of poor and small farmers depend on rice for … the welfare generated by a ban on export of rice by the Indian government. The paper finds that the net impact of the ban …

This paper proposes a new method to break up the bid-ask spread in wholesale rice markets into its three components and … applies the methodology to twelve major rice centers in India. The proposed methodology is claimed to be superior to the … components allows us to make several comments about the behaviour of grain markets in India, the efficacy of the public …

designing policies that will build trust in world markets and increase trust between public and private agents. …

futures markets. However, limiting or banning speculative trading might do more harm than good. …