Policy making in food security is at a crossroads in India, particularly for the rice crop. Whereas India has emerged … as a leading rice exporter over the last two years, the government has also introduced a large food subsidy program … called the National Food Security Act. The program requires that 33.6 million metric tons of rice per year be distributed to …

context of Thailand's rice markets by employing the cointegration analysis. I show that there exists a long-run relationship … between the world energy price shocks and the hikes in Thailand's rice prices. The Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) further … effects on the market - the rice prices will converge to their long-run trends over time …

This article estimates a worldwide aggregate supply response for key agricultural commodities — wheat, rice, corn, and … response of wheat in particular — and to a lesser extent, rice — thus dampening price incentive effects. The simulation …

This study explores the link between proximity and price cointegration between two markets, where proximity is captured … 756 rice market pairs in 6 West African countries, with threshold specifications accounting for transaction costs. Whether …, contiguity and a common language. We conclude that proximity matters for market integration processes in West African rice …

Being the main food commodity, the dynamics of rice prices is one of the most important issues for Indonesian economy … markets but also by price behavior at the wholesale market. This study aims to analyse the dynamics of the relationship and … behaviour of the prices of various varieties and qualities of rice in the wholesale market. The dynamics of rice prices are …

This study assesses the impact of increased fertilizer prices under different scenarios on rice production, consumption …, trade and prices. Using a global rice model based on a partial equilibrium framework, the simulation results show that a 30 …% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices would reduce rice yields by 0.45% to 1.33%, but increase world rice prices by 7% to …

, however, one may analyze the effects of variable climate on crop yields. We study the case of the Philippines, which remains … rice prices, we analyze how sensitive rice supply is to climate factors …

several market distortions and mounting fiscal costs. Wheat and rice supply strongly and significantly respond to the minimum … rice they turned out to be insignificant. Rice consumption turned out to be strongly influenced by distribution of … subsidised rice, which can be linked to high coverage and subsidy under the public distribution system (PDS). In the case of …

This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement …

adopting both types of innovation in Asia, including its impact on rice producers and other consumers. They do so using the … be dwarfed by the welfare gains resulting from the potential health-enhancing attributes of golden rice which would boost …