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Staple food prices in Kenya
Ariga, Joshua; Jayne, Thomas S.; Njukia, Stephen - 2010
Maize marketing and trade policy in Kenya has been dominated by two major challenges. The first challenge concerns the …, and price levels, and the forces shaping these trends. These are the objectives of this background paper for Kenya. The … instability. Section 5 describes Kenya’s maize marketing and trade policy objectives, the rationale behind these objectives, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445988
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Grain Markets and Large Social Transfers - An Analysis of Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia
Rashid, Shahidur; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum - 2009
In 2005, Ethiopia implemented a major new social transfer program, the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) that involves some form of work requirement in exchange for either cash or in‐kind transfers (or a mix of the two), with the composition of the transfers administratively set to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444859
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Country of Origin Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Cost Variability
Saak, Alexander E. - 2010
This paper studies whether a seller achieves higher profits by providing consumers with information that allows them to distinguish between products from different countries, and how mandatory provision of such information impacts welfare. We analyze a model of multi-product monopoly with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446112
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446134
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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania
Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437412
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Mechanisms affecting the link between nuptiality and fertility: Tanzania, 1973
Sekatawa, Emmanuel K. - 1981
the first element. Data from the 1973 National Demographic Survey of Tanzania (NDS) are used to investigate the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439137
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Commodity prices, structural constraints and food price shocks in Tanzania
Conforti, Piero; Sarris, Alexander H. - 2009
in Tanzania, and the possible policy responses to that shock. The analysis is based on a single country computable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444866
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What is the Impact of Income on the Demand for Bushmeat?: a study of the relationship between income and bushmeat near the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
Postolovska, Iryna - 2010
National Park in Tanzania. Results from both the aggregated and disaggregated demand functions indicate that bushmeat is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429045
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Inovação tecnológica e cooperação entre os atores econômicos no arranjo produtivo local: o exemplo do mamão no Espírito Santo
Da Silva Pereira Ney, Vanuza; Ponciano, Niraldo Jose; … - 2008
O artigo discute a formação e as características de um arranjo produtivo local tendocomo base os elementos: cooperação, governança e inovação. Para isso resgata-se naliteratura econômica os conceitos teóricos fundamentais de firma, inovação econcorrência, apresentando na última...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442286
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PANORAMA DO AGRONEGÓCIO DE FLORES E PLANTAS ORNAMENTAIS NO BRASIL
Franca, Carlos Alberto Machado De; Maia, Moacyr Boris … - 2008
O presente artigo, com base em uma pesquisa bibliográfica, traça um panorama do agronegócio de flores e plantas ornamentais no Brasil. Ressalta os principais aspectos do setor como produção, mercado consumidor e dificuldades. A floricultura vem se expandindo consideravelmente, antes...
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