Investment and Input Requirements for Accelerating Food Production in Low-income Countries by 1990
Investment and Input Requirements for Accelerating Food Production in Low-income Countries by 1990

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Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780896290112

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Research report on investment requirements for accelerating food production to meet food requirements of thirty-six low income, food deficient developing countries - discusses trends since 1975 and projections to 1990 as well as food policy implications, analyses the inputs required (e.g. Irrigation, fertilizers, research, etc.), and considers technological change and choice of technology. Bibliography pp. 170 to 178, graphs, references and statistical tables.

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?

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 Subsidies in Egypt
Food Subsidies in Egypt

Author: Grant MacDonald Scobie

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780896290419

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Research report on the impact of food subsidies on foreign exchange and the industrial sector in Egypt, based on an econometric model of the balance of payments - examines the effect of food policy on exchange rates, inflation and trade structure; discusses price control, food imports and food consumption. Bibliography, graphs and statistical tables.

The Effects of Food Price and Subsidy Policies on Egyptian Agriculture
The Effects of Food Price and Subsidy Policies on Egyptian Agriculture

Author: Joachim Von Braun

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780896290433

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Extract: The aim of this study is to determine how rapid growth in consumer subsidies has affected agriculture. Therefore, government spending on agriculture is examined, and the government's price policies on inputs and output and its interventions in allocation and marketing are evaluated.

Egypt's Food Subsidy and Rationing System
Egypt's Food Subsidy and Rationing System

Author: Harold Alderman

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780896290358

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Research report on food policy and the food subsidy and rationing system in Egypt - considers the origins of the system, food security structure, commodity marketing channels and principal commoditys subsidised; examines food policy decision making and regional level economic administration, as well as distributional and nutritional implications in urban areas and rural areas; discusses current food policy trends. Bibliography, diagrams, statistical tables.

Food Consumption Parameters for Brazil and Their Application to Food Policy
Food Consumption Parameters for Brazil and Their Application to Food Policy

Author: Cheryl Williamson Gray

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780896290334

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The extent pf malnutrition; Measuring the effectof policy changes on food consumption and nutritional status - Brazilian consumption parameters; The trade-off between food quantity and food quality; Incorporating food consumption parameters into policy analysis.