Se usa el Proceso de Analisis Jerarquico -AHP- para proponer y avaluar un modelo de decision que orienta la seleccion del tipo de sello de origen mas adecuado a implementar en productos con calidad ligada al origen. Tres dimensiones componen el modelo, el cinculo territorial de la produccion y...

En Cataluna la produccion y transformacion de productos agrarios ecologicos ha experimentado un fuerte crecimiento. No obstante, en sectores como el del aceite de oliva este crecimiento ha sido mas moderado. El objetivo de este estudio es el de ofrecer una diagnosis del sector en Cataluna, desde...

Import demand functions for wheat were estimated for seven South American countries in a set of SUR equations. United States shares were estimated by another set. Kravis-Heston-Summers RGDP series adjusted for purchasing power parities were used as income proxies, and border pr1ce deflators were...

This article examines three developing countries to identify capacities for innovative science policy: Brazil, South Africa and the Philippines. Using membership in regional trading agreements, we assess whether these three nations have aligned their science/innovation policy with the partners...

This article outlines the importance of trade adjustment support to the Caribbean rum industry and how this support aided in the restructuring of the industry. The main objective of this article is to analyse and learn from the successful experience of the Integrated Development Programme for...

The elimination of the single-desk monopsony/monopoly granted to the Canadian Wheat Board for western Canadian milling wheat acquisitions and sales will have ramifications for Canadian-U.S. trade relations. This article speculates on the volume of future north/south wheat trade flows. Given this...

The extent to which food safety standards negatively affect the ability of firms in developing countries to export to the markets of developed countries depends on their approach to compliance. A case study of Guyana’s fish export industry tests this hypothesis. The analysis generally...

In mid-December 2011 it was announced that the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO had been agreed. The accession negotiations had taken 18 years. Russia is the last major economy whose international trade is not governed by WTO disciplines, and with its accession 97 percent of global...