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Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security
Nijhoff, Jan J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543652
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Trade in Food Staples: Promoting Price Stability and Food Security through Intra-Regional Trade
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Published by Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457095
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The Evaluation of the Impacts of Title II Monetization Programs for Wheat and Crude Edible Oils in Mozambique, 1997-2007
Donovan, Cynthia; Zavale, Helder; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
From 1997-2007, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Title II monetization programs sold more than US$200 million of food aid wheat and unrefined vegetable oils in Mozambique. This research has three objectives: 1) to document the lessons learned from past monetization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555520
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Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin; Spielman, David J. - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2013
Private standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880188
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Advancing Agricultural Productivity in Africa: An Executive Interview with Eric Raby, Vice President of Global Marketing and Commercial Development, AGCO
(Goychuk) Schroeder, Kateryna - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 2
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888121
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Agricultural trade for food security in Africa: A Ricardian model approach
Diagne, Mandiaye; Abele, Steffen; Diagne, Aliou; Seck, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Regionalism and food security is a relatively neglected topic with very limited literature. We use a Ricardian trade … strategies to emphasize scaling up and diversifying exports within Africa. Africa needs to unlock its high potential untapped … land and fill up the yield gap. We found as well that enhanced competitiveness and reduced barriers to trade are the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913949
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Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover: Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities
Tschirley, David L.; Ayieko, Miltone W.; Hichaambwa, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
exists a broad consensus that this phenomenon is likely to proceed much more slowly than once thought in Sub-Saharan Africa … to improving these systems. This paper first reviews the evolution of thinking on the supermarket revolution in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509147
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Agricultural Globalization in Reverse: The Impact of the Food Crisis in West Africa
Staatz, John M.; Dembele, Niama Nango; Kelly, Valerie A.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Background paper for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum Crans-Montana, Switzerland September 17-20, 2008 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476093
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Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068364
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The Economics of Biotechnology (Gmos) and the Need for A Regional Policy: The Case for COMESA Countries
Minde, Isaac J.; Kizito, Mazvimavi - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
impact on agriculture, industry and trade. However, to date for the whole of Africa, only South Africa has commercialized … genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Realizing the high transactions costs—particularly in trade that may underlie different … countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068375