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Institutionalizing Inequality : The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Food Security, and Developing Countries

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2009

The article examines the food security implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It places the Agreement in …

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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011

developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period … International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) exacerbate hunger and environmental … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …

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Does climate change make foodgrain yields more unpredictable : evidence from India

Verma, Saumya; Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - 2020

How would climate change affect India’s agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact …

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Food production versus population from food security perspective

Raluca, Andreea Ion; Petre, Ionut Laurentiu - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 116-121). 2023

The food-population ratio has two determinants: population and agricultural production. The population is constantly growing, putting pressure on existing resources, which are becoming insufficient. Globally, agricultural production has grown at the same rate as population growth, but at...

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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India

Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014

famines, such grain stocks are a conduit deployed by the government to foster the country's agriculture development and food …

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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America

Maletta, Hector E.; Maletta, Emiliano - 2014

climate change on agriculture are discussed based on two main approaches: Ricardian Models and Integrated Assessment Models … discusses several policy options to minimize negative impacts (and enhance positive impacts) of climate change on agriculture …

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Chapter 71 Agricultural Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean and Sources of Growth

Dias Avila, Antonio Flavio; Romano, Luis; Garagorry, … - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 4, (pp. 3713-3768). 2010

Agricultural productivity in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries between 1961 and 2001 increased due to market regulation, economic openness, and estate reduction. In the six major sections of this chapter, we analyze the evolution of this productivity as well as the output and...

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Can crop purchase programs reduce poverty and improve welfare in rural communities? : evidence from the food reserve agency in Zambia

Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Mason, Nicole - 2015

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...

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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies

Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015

The study revealed the strong impact of policy measures on production, procurement, stocks and trade. We detected several market distortions and mounting fiscal costs. Wheat and rice supply strongly and significantly respond to the minimum support price (MSP). Wholesale prices at planting or...

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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies

Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015

This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement, storage, distribution and trade. Using nationally aggregated time series data, these policies are econometrically analysed. Based on the estimation results, their market...

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