The aim of this paper is to estimate the perennial crop potential regarding new uses like second generation biofuels. We focus on the introduction of a perennial yearly harvested crop, namely the miscanthus, in European agricultural short term supply model - AROPAj. Inserting this crop in the...

A signicant part of crop productions is not marketed and can be totally (fodders and pastures) or partly (cereals) used on-farm. Regarding inputs, Nitrogen fertilizers are also not only provided by the market, but they are signicantly on-farm provided by livestock. When outputs and inputs are...

En Argentine, certaines villes disposant de services techniques importants sont en position de se saisir du mouvement de décentralisation pour intervenir dans le développement local des zones rurales. A partir d'entretiens avec les principaux acteurs de l'agriculture de deux districts du sud...

This paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food price stabilization in a small open developing country. Optimal stabilization policies are identified using a rational expectations storage model with risk-averse consumers and incomplete markets. Without public...

In this paper we endogenize the horizontal structure of illicit drug markets. The key assumption is that the trafficker’s probability of detection depends on his/her market share. The author show that a stricter law enforcement policy encourages traffickers to permit competitors into the...

There is not a clear divide in literature between formal and informal contracts. The classical approach which is based on criteria like court enforcement or written content does not suffice for describing the international contracts under scrutiny in our case study of the Chilean fruit trade....

Due to their high protein content, soybeans are important feedstuffs in the European Union (EU). However, the cultivation of soybeans using genetically modified (GM) varieties in non-EU countries is increasing and the EU authorization of GM products takes longer than in other countries, leading...

Depuis la signature du Traité de Rome, les réformes successives de la PAC ont faiblement affecté l'OCM du secteur porcin. Caractérisée par sa grande souplesse, celle-ci a, semble-t-il, été relativement bien adaptée à l'expansion du secteur porcin européen. Le cadre réglementaire...