Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Patterns of Food and Agricultural Trade in Asia
Author: Thomas Warren Hertel
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 68
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Author: Thomas Warren Hertel
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Will Martin
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 37
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter nearly two centuries of lagging behind the industrial countries, growth in many developing countries has surged since the early 1990s. This outperformance has major implications for almost all areas of agricultural economics and, if continued, will likely do so into the future. This paper aims to identify the key ways in which the changes in rich and poor country growth rates matter for agricultural economists, as a basis for formulating better research agendas. A key impact arises through sharp increases in demand for agricultural resources as demand for livestock products increases. This changing structure of food demand has important implications for nutrition studies and policies, with the emergence of a double burden of malnutrition. On the supply side, growth in developing countries tends to increase domestic food supply, which is also boosted by increases in research and development spending. Growth in developing countries both stimulates and benefits from increases in infrastructure investment, evaluation of which requires new analytical tools discussed at this conference. Negative impacts include the contribution of increased demand for livestock products to global greenhouse gas emissions. In terms of trade policy, developing country growth is tending to lead to convergence of agricultural policies with the pattern of assistance seen in today’s developed countries, raising concerns about the future need to deal with collective action problems, particularly those that increase the volatility of world prices.
Author: Wen S. Chern
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers from an April 1998 conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, analyze the forces affecting the demand for, and supply of, staple foods in both developed and developing Asian countries. Particular attention is paid to the effects of rice production strategies and trade policies on food security. Papers discuss the implications of trade liberalization in the ASEAN free trade area and in East Asia on agricultural trade and food security, and examine the implications of China's ongoing economic transition on its agricultural trade and its policy on self-sufficiency. Of interest to scholars of Asian studies, agricultural economics, and international economics. Chern is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at the Ohio State University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2019-04-12
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9251302480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAsia and the Pacific is experiencing major demographic shifts and urbanizing rapidly. E-agriculture technologies (remote sensing, drones, sensors) are emerging, with potentially profound implications for the entire food system and management of the natural resource base. Structural transformation of the economy has also changed the nature of the food security problem. Earlier, many governments thought that producing more staple food was sufficient to improve food security. However, today’s economy, increasingly based on human capital and less on physical strength, requires that policies and programmes promote healthy diets for healthy people. This need for improved nutrition will require shifts in agricultural production and trade patterns. Solving the malnutrition problem in urban areas will also require different solutions than in rural areas, due to the difference in urban and rural food environments. In line with the structural transformation of the economy, farm households also increasingly rely on non-farm income to support their livelihoods and risk management strategies, which has implications for the uptake of new technologies. The demographic shifts, urbanization and structural changes in the economy, coupled with climate change, have made the food security and nutrition problem more complex than it was in the past. Solutions require input from different stakeholders, both public and private, as well as a range of government ministries, including Health, Finance, Education, Environment, Trade and Social Welfare in addition to Agriculture.
Author: Betina Vega Dimaranan
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hirohisa Kohama
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: 2004-01-19
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789812301963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates the effects of Japans foreign aid for development, trade and FDI in ASEAN economies from various perspectives, including: the historical implications of Japans involvement; agricultural exports; the development patterns of the Southeast Asian economies; the formation of international production and distribution networks; poverty reduction; upgrading technology; and industrial agglomeration. The contributors analyse trade, FDI and foreign aid from the standpoint of policy coherence at the interface between development co-operation and many other policy areas: trade, agriculture, food safety, fisheries, intellectual property, the environment, international finance, tax policy, migration, and peace and security.
Author: Suresh Babu
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2005-03-08
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781560222576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGain new insight on alleviating food insecurity in one of the poorest areas of the world! This book analyzes various facets of economic reforms in South Asia and their implications for attaining food security. It illuminates relevant issues regarding the constraints and challenges in achieving food security, focusing on South Asian countries where a large percentage of the world’s poor reside. This timely resource examines possible future courses of action involving trade and new technological advances to improve agriculture-led development in the region. Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia focuses its attention on the economic reforms and experiences of six nations: Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia includes the most relevant presentations made at the South Asia Regional Conference held in New Delhi in April of 2002. The book features experts who present lively, important debate on such significant issues as: current economic reforms—have they really enhanced food security? trade liberalization—can the WTO and new trade opportunities handle food security concerns? new technological options—how they contribute to agricultural production and food security the challenges of water—pricing, subsidies, and other issues in irrigation agricultural diversification and market reforms-how they increase food availability interventions in food and nutrition security—short-term solutions to reduce food insecurity and more! Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia contains numerous tables and figures to demonstrate the current food situation in this area of the world and offers projections of where improvements can be made. Students and faculty of economics or South Asia will find this book extremely useful; it will also benefit development researchers, policymakers, and governmental officials who are searching for answers to poverty and starvation in developing countries. This text shows you how a concerted effort by governments, agencies, organizations, industries, and individuals—backed by adequate resources and changes in policies—can accelerate progress toward achieving sustainable food security for all.
Author: Jikun Huang
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jun Du
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783319769042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book extends current research on the political economy of modern China, with particular regard to agricultural development and its role in economic transition. It uses Neoclassical principles to re-interpret agricultural growth and technological change under complex market institutions with empirical studies on China and selected East Asian economies. The text also questions how technological advances in China contribute to the Great Divergence debate. Through a comparative analysis of agricultural technical changes in the planting of rice paddies in Japan, Taiwan and China, Du finds that different market institutions and structures have given rise to considerable diversity of agricultural change between different economies in terms of the nature, timing and duration of technological transition. Such diversification has, in turn, affected the trajectories of agricultural and wider economic growth. Here, Du reflects on the nature of contemporary Chinese economic development and extends observations on agricultural transition to the entirety of Asia, finding that the nature, timing, and time-span of agriculture technology transitions have varied considerably across different economies.
Author: C. Peter Timmer
Publisher: A E I Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph, A World without Agriculture, was the 2007 Henry Wendt Lecture, delivered at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2007. The Wendt Lecture is delivered annually by a scholar who has made major contributions to our understanding of the modern phenomenon of globalization and its consequences for social welfare, government policy, and the expansion of liberal political institutions.