Despite the vast literature dealing with the impact of the subsidies on world cotton prices, there is no consensus … of subsidies on world cotton prices. Relying on the estimation of various models to derive robust results, our findings … show that a withdrawal of US subsidies would increase the world cotton price by around 10%. …

This paper examines the heavily supported Swiss food and agriculture sector. It reviews some of the key features and …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the main features of world cotton market by focusing on the role of China, and … analyzing the effect of predetermined macroeconomic variables on Chinese cotton market. First, a global overview of cotton … follow the paper analyses what factors and to which extent they may have affected Chinese cotton production, consumption and …

of cotton into China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews first the possible arguments for raising the tariff … redistributing from those involved in the production of textiles and clothing to the producers of cotton. The core analysis of the … statistics designed to assess the export status of cotton, whether in raw or processed form. Findings – The paper reviews the …

A computable general equilibrium model is applied to evaluate the opportunity costs of not adopting Bt cotton, a … genetically-modified (GM) insect resistant cotton, in Benin, Burkina- Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, and Uganda when it is … shocks in the cotton and oilseed sectors of all adopting regions. Assuming a 50% adoption rate, the opportunity cost of not …

went on to find that subsidies to cotton producers exceeded the U.S. reduction commitment in the Agreement on Agriculture … the Doha Development Round. The Cotton report reclassifies from the green box (permitted subsidies) to the amber box …, even in the absence of U.S. cotton policy, world cotton prices may be distorted from widespread use of subsidies by other …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the main features of world cotton market by focusing on the role of China, and … analysing the effect of predetermined macroeconomic variables on Chinese cotton market. First, a global overview of cotton … follow the paper analyses what factors and to which extent they may have affected Chinese cotton production, consumption and …

The WTO agricultural negotiation round of Doha has the aim to cut down export subsidies, to improve market access and …, which means that agriculture is a producer of non-commodity outputs like cultural landscape and natural environment. The … and production solely on the basis of world market prices, but should react to policy incentives like subsidies. ... …

growing domestic demand for food and at the same time, how did regulated subsidies according to WTO rules. To this end, data …