Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security

Author: Kym Anderson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1137469250

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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.

Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies
Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies

Author: Alberto Valdés

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780821336946

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World Bank Technical Paper No. 326. Describes the condition of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa, calls attention to their plight, and examines strategies for addressing their condition. The paper describes the World Bank's early childhood development initiative, which focuses on the neglected but critical development age group that falls between birth and school enrollment age and which regards child development as the holistic formation of the child, rather than an extension of traditional schooling downward.

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean
Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean

Author: Deep Ford

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9789251057476

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Agricultural trade is a major factor determining food security in Caribbean countries. In these small open economies, exports are essential, whilst imports provide a large part of the food supply. This book examines various dimensions of trade policy and related issues and suggests policies to address trade and food security and rural development linkages. It is as a guide and reference documents for agricultural trade policy analysts, trade negotiators, policy-makers and planners in both the public and private sectors.

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 9264853707

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. This year’s report focuses on policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and analyses the implications of agricultural support policies for the performance of food systems.

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2020
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2020

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9264748210

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all six continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 13 emerging economies.

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2019
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2019

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9264834974

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all 6 continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the 6 non-OECD EU Member States, and 12 emerging economies. It is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture using a comprehensive system of measuring and classifying support to agriculture – the Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSEs and CSEs), the General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) and related indicators – which provide insight into the increasingly complex nature of agricultural policy and serve as a basis for OECD’s agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation.

Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America During Major Policy Reforms
Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America During Major Policy Reforms

Author: Alberto Valdés

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780821338360

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World Bank Discussion Paper No. 350. This paper uses an econometric analysis model to examine the distribution across different socioeconomic groups of Malawi's public spending on education. The analysis shows the changes in distribution before and after the country adopted a series of education reforms in 1994.

Surveillance of Agricultural Prices and Trade
Surveillance of Agricultural Prices and Trade

Author: Alberto Vald©?s

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780821331163

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This book provides an independent and comprehensive review of World Bank irrigation lending and policy between 1948 and 1993. The Bank's role in irrigation lending has been large--more than $30 billion (in current U.S. dollars) spread over some 600 projects. Only 200 projects have been in place long enough to be assessed. The overall performance record is good, but there is room for improvement. The report finds that there are still pervasive problems in maintenance and operation. Operating chaos prevails in most large canal systems in the humid tropics. In drier areas, drainage is the biggest environmental problem associated with irrigation. The author argues for upgrading existing systems, improving service, involving irrigators, and saving water where it is scarce.

Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy
Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

Author: Matthias Kalkuhl

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 3319282018

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This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative high-frequency time series analysis as well as computational economics methods. It offers policy analysts and decision-makers guidance on dealing with extreme volatility.