Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
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journal article
From parastatals to private trade
In developing countries across Asia, food marketing parastatals have played an important role in agricultural policy, especially with regard to government efforts to stabilize food prices.
journal article
Grain marketing parastatals in Asia
journal article
Trade reform and poverty -- lessons from the Philippines
Little is known about the poverty implications of major trade reforms in the Philippines. Using a CGE-microsimulation analysis, tariff cuts between 1994 and 2000 are shown to have been generally poverty-reducing.
discussion paper
Genetically modified food and international trade
Genetically modified (GM) food crops have the potential to raise agricultural productivity in Asian countries, but they are also associated with the risk of market access losses in sensitive importing countries.
discussion paper
Grain marketing parastatals in Asia
Using case studies from six Asian countries, this paper (a) assesses the relevance of underlying rationales for public intervention in foodgrain markets, (b) documents the existing policies and regulations that support operation of grain parastatals,