perspective with relation to the debates on small versus large farms, environmental impact, and the selection effect of standards. …

We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade … protectionism, a complicate task. We look at studies investigating public and private standards and across various quantitative … approaches and countries. These standards have complex effects. The evidence is mixed regarding standards as catalyst for or …

governance and net-import dependency on food and agricultural products for 25 SSA countries during the period 1995 …-2015. Principal component analysis is employed to develop a governance index based on the six worldwide governance indicators and a … a higher governance index is correlated with a lower net-import dependency ratio and the relationship is statistically …

gains from the eastward EU enlargement and governance on export increases and longer duration for exporting higher value …

low and falling. It is argued that intra-Africa trade and good governance can help increase agricultural productivity … time to examine the causal relationship between the intra-Africa agricultural trade, governance quality, and the … a statistically positive effect on governance quality and ATFP. In contrast, good governance has positive and negative …