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Value Chains and Chains of Values: Tracing Tanzanian Tea

Loconto, A. - 2010

The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value chains for Tanzanian tea. This paper takes a look at a traditional export commodity, tea, and discusses the implications of involvement in value-based certification schemes...

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Effets d’un changement institutionnel, la réforme du protocole sucre (ACP-UE), sur la filière légumes frais à l’île Maurice.

Ramasawmy, B.; Fort, F. - 2010

This paper investigates the strategies adopted by economic actors in the context of an institutional change. We base ourselves on data collected as part of an exploratory study in the sugar and fresh vegetable supply chains in Mauritius. The reform of the sugar protocol between the European...

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Characteristics and organization of the Fairtrade market in Brazil

Valentini, Elena - 2010

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...

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Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability

Harris, Simon; Doak, Murray; Ford, Stuart; Bywater, Tony; … - 2005

policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is a tradeoff between the amount of irrigated area and the reliability …

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Spatial price dynamics in the EU F&V sector: the cases of tomato and cauliflower

Santeramo, Fabio G.; Cioffi, Antonio - 2010

The paper explores the characteristics of spatial price dynamics for fresh vegetables. The analysis is carried out on selected EU prices for tomatoes and cauliflowers collected on some of the main production and consumption markets. It is based on the estimation of an time-varying threshold...

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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?

Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...

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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008

on irrigated rice production and commercialization was conducted by WARDA and its country partners of Burkina Faso, Mali … data on irrigated rice production, commercialization, and irrigated schemes governance. A common critical constrain cited … by the producers in these countries is the commercialization of their product and their inability to take advantage of …

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Transition to Decoupled Rice Support and Its Production Effects in Korea

Lim, Song-Soo - 2008

Abolishing a nearly 50-year-old policy for rice price support, Korea adopted a new direct payment program in 2005. Making the transition to decoupled income support has been governed by the need for operative and effective income safety nets and the WTO disciplines on domestic support. The...

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Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture

Sneeringer, Stacy E. - 2009

Research on environmental regulation’s effects on economic activity has largely focused on manufacturing, ignoring one of the major polluters in the U.S. – commercial agriculture. As livestock production has become increasingly mobile, regulation has become an important criterion in firm...

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Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival

Key, Nigel D. - 2010

In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations...

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