Should Global Agriculture be Liberalized?

Should Global Agriculture be Liberalized?
Author: Jean-Marc Boussard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2008-01-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482294532

According to standard economic theory and modelling, liberalizing agriculture will result in important welfare gains. Because of price volatility, an alternative model, based in general disequilibrium in the Wicksellian tradition, provides much less optimistic conclusions, actually supported by the recent evolution of the world agricultural system, as well as by the history of the many attempts of agricultural trade liberalization since the 18th century.

Agriculture in Liberalizing Economies

Agriculture in Liberalizing Economies
Author: DINA L. UMALI
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821333549

Discusses ways in which the role of the state in promoting agricultural growth and development may be redefined. This report presents the proceedings of the 14th World Bank Agricultural Symposium held in January 1994. The papers explore ways in which the role of the state in promoting agricultural growth and development may be redefined. They also capitalize on important lessons emerging from experiences around the world. The report suggests that changing the role of government from market domination towards the provision of a regulatory framework that facilitates private sector activity is an ongoing process rather than a one-time occurrence. The papers also illustrate the wide variety of issues and the different approaches in the various countries that are redefining the role of government in agricultural development.

Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture

Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture
Author: G. S. Bhalla
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788132108580

Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture is a significant study that offers a district-wise analysis on agricultural growth from the time of economic liberalization to slow down in agricultural growth rates and farmers distress. It undertakes an analysis of the spatial patterns of change in Indian agriculture at the state level during 1962–65 to 2005–08. The authors make use of detailed data for 281 districts for a comprehensive discussion of the changes in the cropping patterns and levels of agricultural output at the state and all-India levels during this period. The strength of this book lies in the fact that it combines an academic and a practical approach, tabular and econometric techniques, as well as statistical measures in order to analyze important issues related to agriculture in India.

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean
Author: Deep Ford
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251057476

Agricultural trade is a major factor determining food security in Caribbean countries. In these small open economies, exports are essential, whilst imports provide a large part of the food supply. This book examines various dimensions of trade policy and related issues and suggests policies to address trade and food security and rural development linkages. It is as a guide and reference documents for agricultural trade policy analysts, trade negotiators, policy-makers and planners in both the public and private sectors.

Agricultural Markets Beyond Liberalization

Agricultural Markets Beyond Liberalization
Author: Aad van Tilburg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461545234

Agricultural markets have entered a long-term process of liberalization, with the aim of reducing imposed market imperfections such as monopolistic public trade, entry barriers and subsidies. The experience of more than a decade of agriculture liberalization offers a good opportunity to review and analyze the outcome of this process and to draw lessons for the future. The central topic in Agricultural Markets Beyond Liberalization is the relationship between market structure and how markets perform in a dynamic context during a liberalization process. The topic is studied from both a micro and macro viewpoint and refers to different types of agricultural markets. This volume brings together the dynamics of agricultural markets in several parts of the world, with a special focus on transition economics and Africa. The different studies cover geographical areas as wide as a district as well as a group of countries, and institutions from individual contracts to multi-national organizations. The analysis of liberalization under different circumstances, and the different methods of analysis used by the authors provide a valuable foundation for the assessment of liberalization.

The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide

The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide
Author: Julian M. Alston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2010
Genre: Agricultural productivity
ISBN: 9780962412189

In this book we assemble a range of evidence from a range of sources with a view to developing an improved understanding of recent trends in agricultural productivity around the world. The fundamental purpose is to better understand the nature of the long-term growth in the supply of food and its principal determinants. We pursue this purpose from two perspectives. One is from a general interest in the world food situation in the long run. The other is from an interest in the implications of U.S. and global productivity patterns for U.S. agriculture.

Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India

Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India
Author: Prabhu Pingali
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030144097

This open access book examines the interactions between India’s economic development, agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” The Indian growth story is a paradoxical one. Despite economic progress over the past two decades, regional inequality, food insecurity and malnutrition problems persist. Simultaneously, recent trends in obesity along with micro-nutrient deficiency portend to a future public health crisis. This book explores various challenges and opportunities to achieve a nutrition-secure future through diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene environment and greater individual capability to access a balanced diet contributing to an increase in overall productivity. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence from the country to map out the current state of food systems and nutrition outcomes. They place India within the context of other developing country experiences and highlight India’s status as an outlier in terms of the persistence of high levels of stunting while following global trends in obesity. This book discusses the policy and institutional interventions needed for promoting a nutrition-sensitive food system and the multi-sectoral strategies needed for simultaneously addressing the triple burden of malnutrition in India.

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade
Author: Carsten Daugbjerg
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2009-09-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199557756

It has always proved difficult to achieve trade liberalization for agricultural products.This book shows how a new Agriculture Agreement in the WTO led to CAP reform, which in turn allowed for greater flexibility in subsequent international trade negotiations.

Economic Analysis of Agricultural Markets

Economic Analysis of Agricultural Markets
Author: Vanessa Scarborough
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Aimed particularly at economists working on problems of markets and marketing policy against a background of recent policy shifts towards liberalization in the agricultural and food sectors. Relevant to those providing advice to governments, aid agencies and non-government organizations on market policy reform.

Trade and Employment

Trade and Employment
Author: Marion Jansen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Foreign trade and employment
ISBN: 9789221253211