From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture

Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s. In the process, they created parastatal agencies, which were quasi-governmental in nature, to undertake public marketing activities in basic staples such as r...

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Autores principales: Rashid, Shahidur, Gulati, Ashok, Cummings, Jr., Ralph
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160757
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description Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s. In the process, they created parastatal agencies, which were quasi-governmental in nature, to undertake public marketing activities in basic staples such as rice and wheat. These operations often meant providing a support price to farmers, procuring staples on government account, holding public stocks, and distributing these stocks through public distribution systems or open market operations to hold the price line for consumers. This led to a sizeable degree of government intervention in most of these countries' grain markets, which continues to a large extent today.
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spelling CGSpace1607572025-11-06T04:23:01Z From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture Rashid, Shahidur Gulati, Ashok Cummings, Jr., Ralph price stabilization green revolution parastatals agricultural policies risk consumer protection government institutions investment private sector grain crops markets cost benefit analysis international trade varieties yields rice wheat Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s. In the process, they created parastatal agencies, which were quasi-governmental in nature, to undertake public marketing activities in basic staples such as rice and wheat. These operations often meant providing a support price to farmers, procuring staples on government account, holding public stocks, and distributing these stocks through public distribution systems or open market operations to hold the price line for consumers. This led to a sizeable degree of government intervention in most of these countries' grain markets, which continues to a large extent today. 2008 2024-11-21T09:51:53Z 2024-11-21T09:51:53Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160757 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158505 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Rashid, Shahidur; Gulati, Ashok; Cummings, Jr., Ralph. 2008. From parastatals to private trade. Issue Brief 50. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160757
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green revolution
parastatals
agricultural policies
risk
consumer protection
government
institutions
investment
private sector
grain crops
markets
cost benefit analysis
international trade
varieties
yields
rice
wheat
Rashid, Shahidur
Gulati, Ashok
Cummings, Jr., Ralph
From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title_full From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title_fullStr From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title_full_unstemmed From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title_short From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
title_sort from parastatals to private trade lessons from asian agriculture
topic price stabilization
green revolution
parastatals
agricultural policies
risk
consumer protection
government
institutions
investment
private sector
grain crops
markets
cost benefit analysis
international trade
varieties
yields
rice
wheat
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160757
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