The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) opened up trade opportunities between the U.S. and Mexico in poultry products. Mexico agreed to reduce tariffs on agricultural products over the adjustment period and eliminate non-tariff barriers. As the phase-in of the NAFTA liberalizations...

The impact of farmed shrimp on the economy of ten municipalities are analyzed. A model of the municipal economy is developed and input-output tables are used to estimate indirect and induced impacts on job, income and municipal finances. It is concluded that farmed shrimp has a sizable...

O protocolo de Quioto surgiu em uma tomada de decisão multilateral, e foi ratificado com o intuito de promover e regular ações de mitigação de emissão ou de absorção de gases que provocam o efeito estufa, que são possíveis em países em desenvolvimento, graças ao Mecanismo de...

Este trabalho realiza uma análise dos principais entraves à expansão das exportações na fruticultura irrigada do Pólo Petrolina-Juazeiro e propor políticas microeconômicas que viabilizem o desenvolvimento da atividade. A região apresenta excelentes condições de clima e solo para...

This paper analyses the impact of farmed shrimp on the economyof ten municipalities in the Northeast of Brazil. A model of themunicipal economy is developed and input-output tables are used toestimate indirect and induced impacts on job, income and municipalfinances. It is concluded that farmed...

Three theories of spatial competition are tested on retail price data for the agricultural chemical industry. The empirical tests find only weak evidence of any spatial competition using primary data from sixty-five retailers and twelve different chemicals. Demand and supply-side variables have...

In recent years, the United States has taken the lion’s share of the Chinese broiler meat import market, ranging from 53.0% to 84.9%. Under the threat of rising poultry imports from the United States Chinese producers asked for an investigation into chicken prices, accusing American poultry...

This study employed data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the comparative efficiency performance of selected commercial banks, rural financial institutions and microfinance institutions in China. The first pairwise comparison indicated that commercial banks achieved higher level of overall...

On March 11, 1996, the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, the Florida Bell Pepper Growers Exchange, the Florida Farm Bureau, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and other U.S. tomato producers filed a petition with the International Trade Commission (ITC) for...

The Food Industry Research and Development Institute conducted a nationwide survey of food consumption in Taiwan in 1999. A sample of 1200 consumers responded to a questionnaire, which asked whether there was a use/visit experience in the past year for each of six types of food markets:...