Disarray In World Food Markets

Author : Rodney Tyers,Kym Anderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521351057

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Disarray in World Food Markets by Rodney Tyers,Kym Anderson Pdf

This book was first published in 1992. In the late twentieth century, the crisis in world agriculture had become increasingly evident as the protectionist agricultural policies of various countries distort the international market. Why had agricultural policies become more inward-looking as the world becomes increasingly interdependent economically? Disarray in World Food Markets addresses the nature and causes of this crisis in international trade policy. Its analysis of the effects of these food policies is complemented by a quantitative review of the long-term trends in world food markets. The study also extensively examines the reasons why governments choose to implement distortionary policies. This ambitious book, based on a dynamic, multi-commodity model of world food markets, will be an important reference work for all with an interest in trade policy, particularly in countries active in the trade negotiations.

Author : David Gale Johnson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349212484

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World Agriculture in Disarray by David Gale Johnson Pdf

Revised and updated, this edition makes use of new empirical material to examine the effect of market and trade restrictions on farm people. It argues that these policies have little or no effect on the welfare of such communities.

Author : D. Gale Johnson,G. Edward Schuh
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000305302

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The Role Of Markets In The World Food Economy by D. Gale Johnson,G. Edward Schuh Pdf

This book extends the discussion of world food problems by giving explicit recognition to the potential role of markets. The authors highlight the contribution of prices to the solution of food problems in low-income countries, for example, by providing adequate incentives to farmers to expand production, assuring that food supplies can be obtained through trade when needed and giving appropriate signals to consumers. They also document the negative effects on food supply and national welfare of the actual price policies of many Third World governments. While recognizing the problems involved in defining and measuring hunger, as well as in improving the food supply, the authors consider the outlook for future food availability as favorable in terms of continued modest improvement in per capita food supplies at prices, adjusted for inflation, that are likely to continue the slow decline of recent decades. One focus of their comments is the positive roles that governments can and should play in the world food economy, especially in support of research, creation of human capital, and provision of appropriate rural infrastructure.

Author : Barry Krissoff,Mary Bohman,Julie Caswell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475753295

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Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality by Barry Krissoff,Mary Bohman,Julie Caswell Pdf

Consumers have always been concerned about the quality, and particularly the safety, of the foods they eat. In recent years this concern has taken on additional prominence. Consumer focus on food safety has been sharpened by reports about new risks, such as that posed by "mad cow" disease, and about more familiar sources of risk, such as food borne pathogens, pesticides, and hormones. At the same time, some consumers are in creasingly interested in knowing more about how their food is produced and in selecting products based on production practices. Some of the questions consumers are asking in clude whether food is produced with the use of modern biotechnology, whether it is or ganically produced, how animals are treated in meat and egg production systems, and whether food is produced using traditional methods. Recent trends also show increased consumer demand for a variety of food products that are fresh, tasty, and available on a year-round basis. This has fostered increased global trade in food. For example, consumers in temperate climates such as North America are able to buy raspberries throughout the year, and Europeans can enjoy South American coffee. Trade in processed food products is actually increasing more rapidly than trade in agricultural commodities, further addressing the demand for variety among consumers.

Author : Kym Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137469250

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Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security by Kym Anderson Pdf

This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with farmer and consumer concerns.

Author : Donald O. Mitchell,Merlinda D. Ingco,Ronald C. Duncan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521589843

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The World Food Outlook by Donald O. Mitchell,Merlinda D. Ingco,Ronald C. Duncan Pdf

Modern day Malthusians warn that Malthus will ultimately be right: the world will be less and less able to feed itself as populations keep expanding and crop yields seem to have reached a peak. The authors of this volume believe that this pessimism is misplaced, and that there is in fact no worldwide food crisis. On the contrary, they show that the world food situation has improved dramatically over the past three decades: prices of agricultural commodities are at their lowest level in history in real terms and crop output is continuing to rise faster than population. This book provides a much needed and reasoned view on a subject that is too often treated emotionally. The important changes in the international food economy are considered in historical context and provide a basis for projections to 2010. The situation should continue to improve and food should become cheaper than it is today.

Author : Alex F. McCalla,Cesar L. Revoredo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296411

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Prospects for Global Food Security by Alex F. McCalla,Cesar L. Revoredo Pdf

Author : K. Otsuka,K. Kalirajan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230295018

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Community, Market and State in Development by K. Otsuka,K. Kalirajan Pdf

'How to combine the community, the market, and the state in the total economic system is probably the most important agenda for economists geared towards the reduction of poverty in developing economies'. - Professor Yujiro Hayami This volume brings together leading scholars from all around the world to examine and extend Professor Hayami's development model of 'community, market and state', and to pay tribute to his invaluable contribution to economics. The authors provide new empirical analysis with a clear focus on the role of the community in economic development, and its relations with agricultural markets, industrialization and the government, using primary data from major countries in Asia and Africa. This book is indispensable reading for all interested in development economics, government and market studies and international development studies.

Author : Alexander Sarris,David Hallam
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781008027

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Agricultural Commodity Markets and Trade by Alexander Sarris,David Hallam Pdf

This book argues that the viability of many observed market and non-market interventions in agricultural products worldwide depends considerably on the underlying behaviour of the relevant commodity markets. Many of these policies have had distortive impacts, resulting in much discussion and controversy in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round of trade negotiations.

Author : Maros Ivanic
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Food commodities
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries by Maros Ivanic Pdf

Abstract: In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be very diverse, but the average impact on poverty depends upon the balance between these two effects, and can only be determined by looking at real-world data. Results using household data for ten observations on nine low-income countries show that the short-run impacts of higher staple food prices on poverty differ considerably by commodity and by country, but, that poverty increases are much more frequent, and larger, than poverty reductions. The recent large increases in food prices appear likely to raise overall poverty in low income countries substantially.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agreement on Agriculture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agriculture by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Christopher B. Barrett
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191668708

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Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability by Christopher B. Barrett Pdf

Global food price spikes in 2008 and again in 2011 coincided with a surge of political unrest in low- and middle-income countries. Angry consumers took to the streets in scores of nations. In some places, food riots turned violent, pressuring governments and in a few cases contributed to their overthrow. Foreign investors sparked a new global land rush, adding a different set of pressures. With scientists cautioning that the world has entered a new era of steadily rising food prices, perhaps aggravated by climate change, the specter of widespread food insecurity and sociopolitical instability weighs on policymakers worldwide. In the past few years, governments and philanthropic foundations began redoubling efforts to resuscitate agricultural research and technology transfer, as well as to accelerate the modernization of food value chains to deliver high quality food inexpensively, faster, and in greater volumes to urban consumers. But will these efforts suffice? This volume explores the complex relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability up to roughly 2025. Organized around a series of original essays by leading global technical experts, a key message of this volume is that actions taken in an effort to address food security stressors may have consequences for food security, stability, or both that ultimately matter far more than the direct impacts of biophysical drivers such as climate or land or water scarcity. The means by which governments, firms, and private philanthropies tackle the food security challenge of the coming decade will fundamentally shape the relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability.

Author : Nicholas Minot,Francesco Goletti
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780896291171

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Rice Market Liberalization and Poverty in Viet Nam by Nicholas Minot,Francesco Goletti Pdf

Rice production an policy context; Structure and performance of Rice markets; Food Demand and Calorie Consumption; Poverty and Rice Prices; Impact of Further liberalization of Rice markets; Conclusions and policy implications; Methods to analyze market integration; Derivation of Welfare Measures; Foreign demand elasticity for Vietnamese Rice; Description of the Viet Nam Agricultural Spatial equilibrium Model.

Author : Caf Dowlah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317447924

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International Trade, Competitive Advantage and Developing Economies by Caf Dowlah Pdf

Available research suggests that less developed countries have significant competitive advantage over developed countries in three major areas of international trade: agriculture, textiles and clothing (T&C), and cross-border labor mobility. Incidentally, these are also the trade sectors which experienced widespread protectionist measures, especially in developed world, for decade after decade. Under the World Trade Organization (WTO), which replaced the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) in 1995, much of the restrictions in T&C trade has been phased out, but still this sector faces much higher tariff and non-tariff barriers than any other manufacturing sector in world economy. The agricultural sector also experienced significant dismantling of deeply entrenched trade barriers under the WTO over the course of last two decades, but the sector still remains plagued with quite extensive domestic supports, export subsidies, and tariff barriers. At the same time, despite both theoretical expositions and empirical trends point to significant potential gains from cross-border labor mobility, the sector remains mired in a complex quagmire of economic and political restrictions around the world. Thus, all three sectors in which less developed countries have exports interests still remain less liberalized than the sectors in which developed countries have exports interests. This book provides an in-depth and up-to-date scholarly analysis of all three trade sectors—agriculture, T&C and cross-border labor mobility—with a penetrating scrutiny of historical backgrounds and developments, crosscurrents of interests and perspectives of both developed and developing countries, and evolving trade patterns and potentials in a more liberalized and globalized world economy. The book also identifies critical economic issues and options for less developed countries in the WTO negotiations for further liberalization of agriculture, T&C, and cross-border labor mobility. This volume will be an important point of reference for students, scholars, and practitioners of international trade, economic development, development economics, and WTO-related issues.

Author : Kym Anderson
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781925261356

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Finishing Global Farm Trade Reform: by Kym Anderson Pdf

This study reviews policy developments in recent years and, in the light of that, explores ways in which further consensus might be reached among WTO members to reduce farm trade distortions – and thereby also progress the multilateral trade reform agenda. Particular attention is given to ways that would boost well-being in developing countries, especially for those food-insecure households still suffering from poverty and hunger.