Instability in Indian Agriculture in the Context of the New Technology
Instability in Indian Agriculture in the Context of the New Technology

Author: Shakuntla Mehra

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780896290266

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Extract: This report analyzes the processes that might result in more or less instability of yields for individual crops; for the same crop produced in different regions and in different seasons in the same region; for foodgrains generally in different regions of the country; or for farms of different sizes. Because the new crop technology has made an important contribution to the growth of yields per hectare, and because the new technology itself has made the greatest headway in irrigated areas, the obvious question is: has seed-fertilizer technology increased yield variability, and, if so, has this added variability been confined only to unirrigated areas?

The Effects of Exchange Rates and Commercial Policy on Agricultural Incentives in Colombia, 1953-1978
The Effects of Exchange Rates and Commercial Policy on Agricultural Incentives in Colombia, 1953-1978

Author: Jorge García García

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780896290259

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Extract: Since the 1930s Colombia's economic policy has been directed to reaching three goals; to maintain self-sufficiency in food, to substitute domestically produced manufactured goods for imports, and in the 1970s to correct an ailing balance of payments by promoting exports. This paper describes Colombia's chosen path of import substitution which reflects that of so many Third World countries. It traces the effect on agriculture of tariffs, severe import restrictions or prohibitions, an overvalued national currency (peso), and export subsidies. The time span of the report is divided into two periods, 1953-67, when import substitution was the primary aim of foreign trade policy, and 1967-78, when exports were encouraged to aid the trade balance.

Government Expenditures on Agriculture in Latin America
Government Expenditures on Agriculture in Latin America

Author: Víctor Jorge Elías

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780896290242

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Extract: The main effort of this research was directed toward assembling as long and as complete a set of data as possible for government expenditures on agriculture in nine Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. It covers the period 1950-78 on an annual basis. An effort was made to include estimates for many kinds of expenditures, such as research and extension, irrigation, marketing, transport, health, education, administration, agrarian reform, and so forth. The purpose is to identify government expenditure policies for the agricultural sector; to measure their importance in relation to the total government budget and agricultural output; to analyze their trend and variability throughout the time period and from country to country; and to begin to study their effects on agricultural production.

Food in the Third World
Food in the Third World

Author: Leonardo A. Paulino

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780896290549

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Research report on food security trends since the 1960s and projections to 2000, covering food production, food consumption and trade in food staples in developing countries - compares population growth, growth in crop yields of major food crops, and food demand; examines trends in food imports and exports; using per capita income growth rates, identifies countries likely to have food shortages or surpluses and calorie deficiencys; discusses food policy implications; includes methodology. Bibliography, statistical tables.

The Effects of the Egyptian Food Ration and Subsidy System on Income Distribution and Consumption
The Effects of the Egyptian Food Ration and Subsidy System on Income Distribution and Consumption

Author: Harold Alderman

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780896290464

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Research report on the effects of the Egyptian food rationing and food subsidy systems on income distribution and consumption - using household survey data explains distribution and food security; examines household expenditure, protein consumption, level of nutrition and percentage calorie deficiency; analyses system of income transfer and interaction with farm crop production and marketing; gives statistical analysis of choice between cooperatives and open market. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.