This paper discusses the economic implications of the preferential trade agreements that New Zealand is currently negotiating, using a computable general equilibrium modelling framework. The New Zealand dairy industry is a particular focus in the results, which come from the GTAP model produced...

This paper explains one way in which New Zealand’s free-market reforms have adversely affected its environment. Liberalisation of New Zealand’s economy has radically changed the determinants of agricultural export success, largely due to the elimination of subsidies to domestic producers,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on relationships between rural migration, technological change and agricultural production, presenting a case study of the green revolution belt in India - based on a survey, examines adoption of capital intensive technology, high crop yield seeds, improved...

Working paper appraising an integrated approach to agricultural development and rural industrialization in 6 developing areas in West Bengal, India. Discusses investment in irrigation facilities, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. Examines the impact on crop yield, nonfarm employment opportunity and...

Examines growth and production trends in the export and food sectors since the mid-70s, analysing in detail the production and marketing of rice and public policies towards this sector. Looks at the implications of the recent liberalisation of rice prices for poverty and income distribution.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the energy and economic implications of the choice of technology for agricultural technology, based on an analysis of rice production - develops a mathematical model with which comparisons of crop yields, power consumption, labour demand, fixed capital costs,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the agrarian structure and rural area poverty in Honduras - describes role of the banana plantations in the evolution of the agricultural sector; examines trends in farm size, land tenure, land utilization, crop yields, agricultural employment on large and small...