Search Results - "International trade"

Food security, regional trade, and food safety in Central Asia: case studies from Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Rhoe, Valerie

“…This paper argues that regional and international trade can improve food security if implemented properly. …”
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Slow magic: agricultural R&D a century after Mendel by Pardey, Philip G., Beintema, Nienke M.

“…In this report we assemble and assess new and updated evidence regarding investments in agricultural R&D by public and private agencies, contrasting developments in rich and poor countries.The payoffs to investments in agricultural research are considerable, and appear to remain so, but there are new policy concerns about the roles of the public and private sectors in funding and carrying out the research, especially in light of the revolutionary changes in the underlying sciences and the incentives facing research (as intellectual property regimes become stronger and international trade in science and technologies grows). …”
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One Health scientific conference: International practices and lessons learned for Vietnam by Vietnam One Health Partnership, International Livestock Research Institute

“…At the global level, One Health links to different aspects related to health (such as international health regulation-WHO), trade (the spread of zoonoses through international trade in animals and animal products, WTO), and climate change (UNEP, from various COPs 26–28) toward the contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Trends in world common bean production by Pachico, Douglas H.

“…Data on beans are presented and analyzed as to world production during 1982-84; contribution to world's production; importance in nutrition; yields (t/ha); production av. for 1962-64, 1972-74, and 1982-84; production increase in terms of yield and area planted during 1962-64 to 1972-74 and 1972-74 to 1982-84, and international trade. (CIAT)…”
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Detecting declines of West African Goliath beetle populations based on interviews by Dendi, D., Ajong, S.N., Ségniagbeto, G.H., Amori, G., Eniang, E.A., Fa, J.E., Demaya, G.S., Lado, T.F., Luiselli, L.

“…Because of the high deforestation rates in Liberia and Ivory Coast, as well as the impact of the international trade at specific collection localities, we suggest that these species are in peril of extinction if no immediate conservation actions are taken to reverse their status.…”
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Poverty, hunger, and malnutrition: Challenges and breakthroughs for rural revitalization by Kharas, Homi, Noe, Lorenz

“…Investment in food and nutrition security is insufficient to address these problems, and the international trade and investment climate increases the challenge. …”
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Domestic support measures in the context of adaptation and mitigation to climate change by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…While government implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies may be an effective means to help address climate change, concerns arise, if CSA policies run counter to international trade disciplines. In particular, CSA policies could come into direct conflict with WTO trade rules, if these policies serve to insulate domestic producers from competition. …”
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Trade, climate change, and climate-smart agriculture by Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Koo, Jawoo, De Pinto, Alessandro

“…Likely agroclimatic changes will not only impact agriculture but also countries’ ability to fully benefit from regional and international trade, especially when rainfed-based agricultural commodities dominate trade flow. …”
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Food price volatility in sub-Saharan Africa: Has it really increased? by Minot, Nicholas

“…These findings suggest that greater attention should be given to the (high) level of food prices in the region rather than volatility per se, that regional and international trade can play a useful role in reducing food price volatility, and that traditional food price stabilization efforts may be counterproductive.…”
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Biotechnology, trade, and hunger: IFPRI 2000-2001 Annual Report Essay by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…But the new genetic modification (GM) technologies that many expect will help the world meet its food needs — not only through quantity, but nutritional quality as well — raise critical issues for international trade, including this key question: What will happen if pressure from consumers and environmentalists in the developed world leads to a new generation of trade restrictions, or to the segmentation of GM-food product markets, as appears to be happening in Europe and Japan? …”
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Comparative advantage in Bangladesh crop production by Shahabuddin, Quazi, Dorosh, Paul A.

“…This study uses data from 1996/97 through 1998/99 to examine the relative efficiency of production of crops in Bangladesh and their comparative advantage in international trade as measured by net economic profitability (the profitability using economic, rather than financial costs and prices), and the domestic resource cost ratio, (the amount of value of non-tradable domestic resources used in production divided by the value of tradable products). …”
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Perspectives on European agriculture in 2020 by Folmer, C., Keyzer, Michiel, Merbis, M. A., Stolwijk, H. J. J., Veenendaal, P. J. J.

“…Though most of this production growth will be realized within the regions, some food will have to be imported, and international trade will play an increasingly important role. …”
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Achieving food security in a cost effective way: implications of domestic regulation and reform under liberalized trade by Jha, Shikha, Srinivasan, P. V.

“…This study evaluates the domestic and international trade and marketing policies in India and analyzes the effects of deregulating domestic markets and liberalizing external trade on the food grain sector. …”
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Brazil: Shadow WTO agricultural domestic support notifications by Nassar, André Meloni, Ures, Diego

“…Domestic support has taken central stage in the last years and in light of a global economic crisis will play an even greater role in international trade politics. The paper focuses on Brazil and lays out the different domestic support policies used by the government. …”
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Advancing gender equality through sustainability systems (webinar) by Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture, ISEAL

“…Speakers: Miranda Morgan, Gender Research Consultant, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Amandine Bressand, Manager, Business and Human Rights, ISEAL Anna Summer, Programme Management Officer, SheTrades Initiative, International Trade Centre Nini Mehrotra, Gender Equality Senior Manager, Better Cotton…”
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The AfCFTA impact on agricultural and food trade: a value added perspective by Fusacchia, Ilaria, Balié, Jean, Salvatici, Luca

“…We analyse the effects of regional trade liberalisation on production fragmentation and networks using a global computable general equilibrium model adapted to take into account the value-added structure of international trade. This permits the analysis of the impact of trade policies in the presence of global upstream and downstream linkages through a counterfactual analysis. …”
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Launching the partnership and assessing the challenges ahead: learning lessons year 1 and 2: forest partnership from Kalimantan districts to the global market place by Prasetyo, F.A., Obidzinski, K., Dermawan, A.

“…The Kalimantan activities are promoting collaboration among various parties and stakeholders, and linking improved forest governance in Kalimantan to international trade in Asia and Europe.This report details the lessons learned from the collaborative activities in Kalimantan. …”
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Livestock sector in northeastern region of India: an appraisal of performance by Kumar, Anjani, Staal, Steven J., Elumalai, K., Singh, D.K.

“…The widening gap between the demand and supply of livestock products can be met through bringing out changes in the production structure or opening up the international trade. In this context, an analysis of performance and factors influencing development of the livestock sector in NER has been carried out. …”
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Biodiversity conservation in a telecoupled world by Carrasco, Luis Roman, Joleen, Chan, McGrath, Francesca L., Nghiem, Le

“…We identify the challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation brought about by the world’s telecoupling in international trade and information by new technologies. …”
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The free trade agreement betwen Colombia and USA :what can happen to Colombia? by Gracia, Orlando, Zuleta, Orlando

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