The U.S. peanut program has limited peanut production since 1949. Unlike the programs for grains, cotton, and rice, the 1996 FAIR Act left the peanut program largely intact. As before FAIR (and since 1977) the right to grow peanuts for the domestic edible market is embodied in marketing quota,...

We analyze the removal of current market interventions in world sugar markets using a partial-equilibrium international sugar model calibrated on 2002 market data and current policies. We analyze the impact of trade liberalization and the removal of production subsidies and consumption...

Fair Trade is defined as a set of socio-economic activities which are alternative to traditional and international trade. It began from the belief that the principal market's laws tend to cause serious damage to the South, and especially to the many workers devoted to 'agriculture'.The concept...

The production of biofuels in many countries is largely driven by the governmentstrategy and incentives that are in place. In South Africa the first round of thedevelopment of such a draft strategy took place in 2005 while the official stance onbiofuels was finalized in December of 2007. During...

Table of Contents: (1) Young, Linda: "Introduction: Capacity Building and Agricultural Trade Policy Challenges in Developing Countries," pp. 171-174; (2) Young, Linda M. "Capacity Building Programs in Agricultural Trade Policy," pp. 175-184; (3) Salam, Abdul: "Distortions in Incentives to Production...

The paper has studied the impact of improved technology (developed under AICRP on PHT) for extractionof apricot kernel oil from apricot stone. Economic surplus model has been applied in a closed economicframework with the assumption of no spillover effects. The economic efficiency indicators...

The present study was conducted in Rajpura block of Patiala district in Punjab with a sample of 50vegetables growers. The total cost of cultivation was estimated at Rs 49563/ha for onion and Rs 34840/hafor cauliflower. The net returns were found higher for onion (Rs 74597/ha) as compared to that...

With current concerns about climate change and the general status of the environment, there is an increasing expectation that products have sustainability credentials, and that these can be verified. Labelling is a common method of communicating certain product attributes to consumers that may...

This paper has examined the Samuelson’s hypothesis which states that the price volatility increases as thecontract nears its maturity. It has also examined the BCSS hypothesis which provides that negativecovariance between the spot price and net cost of carry explains the maturity effect. The...

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...