In situations with imperfect information, the way that value chain actors perceive each other is an important determinant of the value chain's structure and performance.
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique challenge to governments across the globe, reinforcing the need to improve understanding of domestic and international trade trends to provide more informed options for policy response.
Assessing the economic cost of depleting groundwater in Balochistan: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
Prolonged droughts and depleting groundwater resources have been a serious challenge to the economy of province of Balochistan, Pakistan.
Impacts of COVID-19 on people’s food security: Foundations for a more resilient food system
As part of the work implemented by CGIAR on COVID-19, the COVID-19 Research Hub Working Group 4 “Address food systems’ fragility and build back better” was tasked with implementing a global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and
Impacts of COVID-19 on global poverty, food security and diets
This study assesses the impact of COVID-19 on poverty, food insecurity and diets, accounting for the complex links between the crisis and the incomes and living costs of vulnerable households.
Drivers and disruptors shaping the future of agriculture and the food system in LAC: Climate change and trade tensions
Agri-food production remains vital to the economies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Quantification and benefits of reducing post-harvest losses: Evidence for vegetables in Senegal
This study examines on-farm post-harvest losses (PHL) for three vegetable crops (onion, tomato, and pimento) in Senegal and the potential economic benefits associated with reducing PHL for these three vegetables.
To understand the impacts of support programs on global emissions, this paper considers the impacts of domestic subsidies, price distortions at the border, and investments in emission-reducing technologies on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Negotiating the social contract in urban Africa: Informal food traders in Ghanaian cities
How do cities build a social contract with their diverse constituencies and foster political trust among the urban poor? This study focuses on informal traders, who constitute a major source of food security and employment in urban Africa.
From bad to worse: Poverty impacts of food availability responses to weather shocks in Zambia
Since Amartya Sen’s famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that policy responses to food market shocks should be guided by changes in households’ incomes and access to food, rather than by overall food availability.
Patterns of regional agri-food trade in Asia
This paper analyzes the implication of economic structural change and dietary transformation on changing patterns of agri-food trade among 17 Asian development countries.
This paper provides empirical evidence of a causal relationship between the access to markets and the crop partial policies on the pattern of specialization or diversification in Indian agriculture.
A landmark achievement of the Uruguay Round, and notably, the Agreement on Agriculture, was the full inclusion of agriculture in multilateral rules and disciplines.
ASEAN, SAARC, and the indomitable China in food trade: A gravity model analysis of trade patterns
We assess food trade among and across two Asian trading blocs, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and China.
Export taxes have been used in many countries. The 2007–2008 food price crisis shed light on export policies’ dangerous consequences for food security during periods of price spikes.
Gender and trade in Africa: Case study of Niger
The evidence on the impact of trade liberalization on gender inequalities is not fully established yet, nor is the impact of gender inequalities on trade policy outcomes.
Economic growth, convergence, and agricultural economics
After nearly two centuries of lagging behind the industrial countries, growth in many developing countries has surged since the early 1990s.
Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade.
In this paper, we address the question of the agricultural market integration of Cambodia within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and its other top trading partners.
Negotiating agricultural trade in a new policy environment
The challenges to meeting the growing global food demand—population and income growth and supply uncertainties complicated by climate change, environmental pressures, and water scarcity—all point to the increasing importance of trade and the need