In this paper, we explore the potential impacts of trade and investment-related policy reforms on India's agro-processing sector. We consider the direct effects of policy reforms within the processing sector, and the indirect effects on agro-processing of policy reforms in the primary...

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...

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....

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)...