The impacts of European agricultural and trade policies on agricultural development and food security in Africa are … agricultural trade flows between the EU and Africa as a whole and in the context of case studies on meat and milk; (iii) a …; and (iv) model simulations of the effects of possible reform projects on production in and trade flows with Africa. The …

1. The Introduction: Pandemic Preparedness and A-Platonic Policies for Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems -- 2 …This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro … transformation of Africa. . …

when agriculture becomes more specialized. We show in a Ricardian two-country trade setup that production specialization is … incomplete under free trade because of the decrease in land productivity. Pesticides allow farmers to reduce these biodiversity …, governments face a trade-off: they are tempted to restrict pesticide use compared to under autarky because domestic consumption …

to the European Union (EU). As a novelty to the literature, we analyse the impacts of EU pesticide standards on African … Africa’s exports of tomatoes to the EU from 2008 to 2013, using the gravity model of trade. Our results show that at both the … extensive and intensive margins of trade, the high stringency of EU pesticide standard prevents new entry into the EU market …