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Profitable Use of SCF in a Policy Context: the Case of Rice Stockholding in the Philippines
Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M. - 2009
This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and selling low. Because the Philippine agriculture is greatly affected by extreme climate events such as El Niño and La Niña, this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421141
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Impacts of Climate Change on the People's Republic of China's Grain Output - Regional and Crop Perspective
Lin, Tun; Wan, Guanghua; Xin, Xian; Zhang, Yongsheng; … - 2011
This paper investigates the impacts of climate change on the People's Republic of China's (PRC) grain output using rural household survey data. We highlight the regional differences of impacts by estimating output elasticities for different grain crops and different regions. Our results indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507302
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Incorporating Regional Rice Production Models in Rice Importation Simulation Model: a Stochastic Programming Approach
de Guzman, Rosalina G.; Mina, Christian D.; Crean, Jason; … - 2009
In the Philippines, importation has remained as one of the most feasible options for the government to meet the growing demand for rice. It is thus imperative for the government to develop a strategy that would ensure adequate supply and minimum importation costs. One of the critical factors in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421161
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Philippines: Food Security versus Agricultural Exports?
Tiongco, Marites M.; Francisco, Kris A. - 2011
This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and self-sufficient in rice by 2016. Specifically, it aims to address the question: "Should the government continue its efforts in increasing rice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421233
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Projecting the benefits of golden rice in the Philippines
Zimmermann, Roukayatou; Qaim, Matin - 2002
Golden Rice has been genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene in the endosperm of the grain. It could improve the vitamin A status of deficient food consumers, especially women and children in the developing world. This paper analyses the potential impacts in a Philippine context. Since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323608
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Imperfect competition, state trading and Japan's imports of rice
MacLaren, Donald - 2011
In the negotiations on agriculture in the World Trade Organization, it was asserted that an importing state trading enterprise affects the domestic market but not the international market. This claim is investigated through specifying a model of intermediaries in international trade. There are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332287
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Rice that Filipinos Grow and Eat
de Leon, John C. - 2005
This paper introduces rice to the reader and analyzes the changes it has gone through these past 100 years in the shaping hands of varietal improvement science. Here, the richness of the crop as a genetic material and resource is revealed. Landrace rice, pureline selection rice, crossbred rice,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429804
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Underlying Trends and International Price Transmission of Agricultural Commodities
Ghoshray, Atanu - 2011
This paper examines the extent to which increases in international food prices during the past few years have been transmitted to domestic prices in selected Asian developing countries. In analyzing the historical data, evidence on price transmission for important food commodities such as rice,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507309
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Trade and environmental sustainability in Cambodia: A case study of rice, cassava, and fish
2010
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Long-run impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on food security in Africa
Balma, Lacina; Heidland, Tobias; Jävervall, Sebastian; … - 2022
Getreide aufgrund reduzierter Produktion, geringeren Exporten, und gestiegenen Handelskosten. Dieser Policy Brief untersucht …) Ein Ende der Exporte ukrainischen Weizens und anderer Getreide für die Lebensmittelproduktion, beispielsweise Mais und … Hirse, 2) Ein möglicher Stopp russischer Getreide- und Düngerexporte, und 3) Der Einfluss gestiegener Handelskosten aufgrund …
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