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Cuba : agricultural transition and food security in a global perspective
Riera, Olivia; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015
This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other "transition countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474743
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Cuba : Agricultural Transition and Food Security in a Global Perspective
Riera, Olivia - 2015
This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other “transition countries” and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028449
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Jobs and agricultural policy : impact of the common agricultural policy on EU agricultural employment
Garrone, Maria; Emmers, Dorien; Olper, Alessandro; … - 2018 - Version: 13 July 2018
This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture … find that, on average, CAP subsidies reduce the outflow of labor from agriculture, but the effect is almost entirely due to … outflow from agriculture, i.e. on preserving jobs in agriculture. The impact of Pillar II is mixed. Our estimates predicts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880507
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Culture and food security
Alonso, Elena Briones; Cockx, Lara; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2017
This paper reviews available cross-disciplinary evidence on how culture affects food security. We discuss the impact of culture on all four dimensions (availability, access and choice, utilization, and stability). Although there is large heterogeneity in the size and breadth of available...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029842
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Culture and food security
Alonso, Elena Briones; Cockx, Lara; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2017 - Version: August 2017
This paper reviews available cross-disciplinary evidence on how culture affects food security. We discuss the impact of culture on all four dimensions (availability, access and choice, utilization, and stability). Although there is large heterogeneity in the size and breadth of available...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757248
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Food and nutrition security in Eurasia: evolution, shocks and policies
Burkitbayeva, Saule; Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Warrinnier, Nele - In: Russian journal of economics 6 (2020) 1, pp. 6-25
Food and nutrition security is at the forefront of policy making around the globe. This study focuses on a number of … Eurasian countries, namely the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. From under-nutrition … nutrition security. Over the last three decades, their situations have been affected by a number of important income shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265543
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Jobs and agricultural policy: Impact of the common agricultural policy on EU agricultural employment
Garrone, Maria; Emmers, Dorien; Olper, Alessandro; … - 2018
This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture … find that, on average, CAP subsidies reduce the outflow of labor from agriculture, but the effect is almost entirely due to … outflow from agriculture, i.e. on preserving jobs in agriculture. The impact of Pillar II is mixed. Our estimates predicts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029848
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Political Reforms and Public Policies : Evidence from Agricultural Protection
Olper, Alessandro; Fałkowski, Jan; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2010
This paper studies the effect of political regime transitions on public policy using a dataset on global agricultural distortions over 50 years (including data from 74 developing and developed countries over the period 1955-2005). We employ both difference-in-differences regressions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199075
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Biofuels and Food Security : Micro-Evidence from Ethiopia
Negash, Martha; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015
This paper provides microeconomic evidence on food security impacts of privately organized biofuel outgrower schemes in Ethiopia. We conducted a household and community level survey and evaluated the impact of castor bean farming. We use endogenous switching regressions to analyze the impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156855
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Peer Effects in Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Russia's Beer Boom
Deconinck, Koen; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2012
Starting around 1996, Russia witnessed a strong growth in beer consumption, leading to a fivefold growth in average beer consumption and making beer the most important alcoholic drink today. We use survey data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to analyze individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313445