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Trade liberalization under CAFTA
"This paper is a description and an analysis of trade liberalization under CAFTA. It shows that in the short run the impact of the agreement is likely to be small... Since the U.S.
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Access to dynamic markets for small commercial farmers
The purpose of this study is twofold. On one hand, the objective is to assess the impact of new and more complex contracting schemes, as opposed to traditional marketing channels, on small farmers’ welfare.
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Vertical coordination in high-value commodities
"Rising per capita income, urbanization and globalization are changing the consumption basket in the developing countries towards high-value commodities (like fruits & vegetables, milk, meat, poultry, fish, etc.).
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Livestock intensification and smallholders
"This essay describes the views of Philippines livestock sector stakeholders concerning the events and issues associated with the rapid rise in hog and poultry production, based on rapid reconnaissance interviews and gray literature from stud
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Technological change and price effects in agriculture
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Micro-lending for small farmers in Bangladesh
It has been long hypothesized that lack of access to credit is the main reason why, despite higher profitability of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs), farmers in developing countries continue to allocate a portion of their land to traditional crop varie
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Globalization and the smallholders
A major question that has surfaced in the changing context of world agriculture is whether the smallholders would ride the wave of globalization or be swept away.
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Adjustment of wheat production to market reform in Egypt
In response to slow growth in the agricultural sector and as part of a general shift towards a more market-oriented economy, the Government of Egypt started liberalizing the agricultural sector in 1987.
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Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa.
It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in East Africa and that high transactions costs for dairy production and marketing limit participation by asset- and information-poor smallholders.