There have been numerous episodes of widespread adoption of improved seed and long-term achievements in the development of the maize seed industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. This summary takes a circumspect view of technical change in maize production. Adoption of improved seed has continued to rise...

The CME Globex Corn futures Time and Sales data, during the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, news, are studied. The price fluctuations of high frequency and magnitude resemble explosions caused by chemical or nuclear branched chain reactions. The structure of the jumps and...

There have been numerous episodes of widespread adoption of improved seed and long-term achievements in the development of the maize seed industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. This summary takes a circumspect view of technical change in maize production. Adoption of improved seed has continued to rise...

This study compared costs and returns between stacked Bt/Ht GM and non-GM maize and identified determinants of GM maize adoption in Southern Vietnam. Data were from the 2016 Summer-Autumn cropping season, one year after GM maize was commercialised in Vietnam. The main economic benefits of GM...

Despite a large number of studies that examine the influence of biofuels and biofuel policy on commodity prices, the impact of biofuel policy on commodity price variability is poorly understood. A good understanding of biofuel policy's impact on price variability is important for mitigating food...

This study has been conducted in order to generate evidence of the visibility of exit from farm input subsidies in an African context. The study simulates the impact of alternative exit strategies from Malawi's farm input subsidy program on maize markets. The simulation is conducted using a...