During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy … outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish … fundamental reform, recent policy changes have moved toward better targeting of food subsidies to low-income consumers …

In the Philippines, where rice is considered the most important food crop, attempts to influence rice prices have been … prices since its establishment in 1972 to support farm gate prices and reduce retail price of rice. But data shows divergence … movement of Philippine rice margins with government stocks and weather supply shocks to able to determine government …

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …

development of groundwater resources was begun. During the past decade, government policy has been reoriented towards private …