This study uses a linear programming model ofa representative state farm in the region Karakalpakstan in the republic ofUzbekistan to evaluate how producer incentives and cropping patterns may change given both changes in state pricing policy and changes in the availability and cost of...

Mozambique and Angola have both seen horrific civil conflict and massive displacement of population, both internally and across borders to neighboring states. The result has been virtual depopulation of many rural areas, with a consequent fall in production as those displaced are necessarily...

.This paper presents crop budgets for the most important grain and cash crops grown in the Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan. This region, comprised of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Oblast, are 100% irrigation, and are still largely farmed via control system inherited from...

This paper presents a brief overview of Angola’s international trade and the prospects for diversification on the export side as well as reactivation of traded goods production to replace the current near total reliance on imports for all consumer and producer goods. It is striking that trade...