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Bangladesh rice trade and price stabilization
The extent to which Bangladesh should rely on imports for rice price stabilization is a contentious policy issue.
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Commodity price volatility and nutrition vulnerability
In this paper we examine the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh.
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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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.
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Grain marketing parastatals in Asia
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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.
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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,
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