Agricultural economists and policy makers in the United States believe that the magnitude of the export demand elasticity is one of the most important parameters used in farm policy decisions. However, past empirical estimates show wide variation in the size of the U.S. export demand elasticity....

In the last two years, Ukraine exported an average of 11 million tons of wheat per year (USDA) and has become an important player in the international wheat market. This paper examines the nature of the short- and long-run wheat price dynamics between Ukraine and other major wheat exporters -...

Over the past decade, Ukraine has become an important player in the international feed grain market. From 2004/05 to 2012/13 it exported on average 25 percent of the total world barley annually, less than a percent lower than the largest barley exporter in the world - Australia. This research...

This paper analyzes the food price surge of 2005 to 2008 in order to better understand the factors causing higher and more volatile food prices during this period, to ascertain the relative importance and possible persistence of the different factors, and to suggest possible implications for...

This paper postulates a household decision model that takes into account the production consumption tradeoffs between traditional and biofortified seed. The objective is to understand the effect of these differing traits on the adoption decision when white maize is preferred by the consumers.