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EFFECTS OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ON THE U.S. WHEAT INDUSTRY

Koo, Won W.; Jin, Hyun Joung; Mattson, Jeremy W.; … - 2004

The practices of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) are an important issue in U.S. - Canada trade disputes and WTO negotiations. This study analyzes the CWB?s effect on U.S. producers by reviewing findings from previous research and developing models to analyze CWB wheat exports to the United States...

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ANALYSIS OF U.S. WHEAT MARKET SHARES IN EAST ASIA

Jin, Hyun Joung; Koo, Won W. - 2003

The effects of U.S. wheat prices, dollar values, and their volatilities on U.S. wheat market shares in 10 Asian countries are analyzed. The variables are converted to a relative form comparing the U.S. against Australian and Canadian variables in order to incorporate the effects of competition...

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RELATIVE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN OILSEED INDUSTRY

Hallat, Jani - 2005

An overview of the oilseed industry locally and globally is provided, followed by measurements of the comparative and competitive advantages of the South African and Argentine oilseed industries. Three indexes are used to calculate the comparative and competitive advantages namely the Net Export...

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CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE OF THE BANANA INDUSTRY IN ERITREA

Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe - 2003

The current marketing of agricultural products in general, and of bananas in particular, poses special problems for … know how. In addition, the main marketing problems comprise transport problems to stores; general storage problems; lack of … marketing group and a vertical relationship along the supply chain.Given that bananas comprise a considerable portion of the …

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How Much Do Decoupled Payments Affect Production? An Instrumental Variable Approach with Panel Data

Weber, Jeremy G; Key, Nigel - 2011

Agricultural support payments that cause no or minimal production distortions are exempt from World Trade Organization restrictions. If and how much decoupled payments, such as direct payments in the U.S., affect agricultural production remains an open empirical question with implications for...

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Biophysical and Economic Uncertainty in the Analysis of Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

Hertel, Thomas; Lobell, David; Verma, Monika - 2011

This paper seeks to understand the main sources of uncertainty in assessing the impacts of climate change on agricultural output, international trade, and poverty. We incorporate biophysical uncertainty by sampling from a distribution of productivity shocks reflecting the impacts of climate on...

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Market and Welfare Effects of Trade Disruptions from Unapproved Biotech Crops

Magnier, Alexandre; Konduru, Srinivasa; … - 2009

Genetically modified (GM) crops have been largely adopted in major exporting countriesthereby representing a dominant share of a few key agricultural commodities that aretraded in international markets. Regulatory reviews and approvals for the cultivation andmarketing of GM crops, however, are...

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MEXICAN-U.S. FRESH TOMATO TRADE: AN ANALYSIS OF VOLUME, PRICES AND TRANSACTION COSTS

Padilla-Bernal, Luz E.; Thilmany, Dawn - 2000

Tomato trade between the U.S. and Mexico has grown significantly during the past decade. Although the tariff reductions accorded under NAFTA may explain part of his increase, there are other supply and demand factors that affect trade flows. This study develops a U.S.-Mexico tomato trade model,...

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Commercialization of Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans in China: Perverse Domestic and International Trade Effects

Hansen, James M.; Lin, William W.; Tuan, Francis; … - 2007

Replaced with revised version of paper 06/12/07.

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Evidence on trends in the single factoral terms of trade in African agricultural commodity production

Fleming, Euan M.; Fleming, Pauline - 2007

The ability of African countries to achieve sustained improvements in agricultural incomes depends on their ability to generate total factor productivity (TFP) change in their agricultural sectors and adjust to movements in agricultural output and input prices. The single factoral terms of trade...

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