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Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...
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First World politicians ascribe an exceptionally high social value to the well-being of domestic farmers, apparently without being penalized by political setbacks. In the European Community (EC) , they fix domestic prices on most agricultural commodities above world market prices, sustain these...
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The paper builds predictive scenarios for the agricultural sector of eleven Mediterranean countries (Med 11), namely Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. First, it assesses the performance trends of the Med 11 agricultural sector with a...
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Improving nourishment and diets has become a priority for Indonesia. The stunting rate among under-five children in Indonesia at 24% is considered high and deserving of serious attention.Improving dietary diversity among children is essential to reduce the stunting rate and prevalence....
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Die Staats- und Regierungschefs hatten beim G8-Gipfel am 16./17. Juli 2006 in St. Petersburg vereinbart, bis Mitte August die Einigung über die Eckpunkte der Marktöffnung im Agrar- und Industriegüterhandel nachzuholen. Dennoch wurden die Verhandlungen im Rahmen der "Doha Development Agenda"...
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As the Doha negotiations are at a dead end, this paper takes a step back to address the future direction of WTO disciplines in agriculture. It puts members' negotiating positions and the draft modalities with their ever growing list of exceptions aside to focus on three fundamental questions....
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und sich an die dort herrschenden Bedingungen anpassen. Als Ziel der Agrarpolitik nach 1989 galt die Beschaffung liberaler … Agrarpolitik abhängig sein. …
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