Die Autorinnen zeigen, welch unterschiedliche Folgen ein landwirtschaftliches Entwicklungsprojekt (Ziel: Steigerung der Produktivität) für die Arbeitsanforderung und die Einkommenssituation von Frauen und Männern haben kann. Der Erfolg derartiger Projekte hängt in starkem Maße von der...

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade and investment agreement under negotiation by 12 countries in the Pacific Rim, including the United States. This report assesses the potential impacts of eliminating all agricultural and nonagricultural tariffs and tariff-rate quotas (TRQs)...

Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India, and food accounts for about half of consumer expenditures. Moving agricultural products from the farm to consumers more efficiently could result in large gains to producers, consumers, and India's overall economy. This analysis uses a...

In this paper, we: 1. Provide a conceptual discussion of the “portfolio” of mechanisms used by farms and households to adjust to price, income and wealth shocks. Farms adjust their production activities and employment to maximize profits given changes in relative prices and factor returns....