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Intercommodity price transmission and food price policies: An analysis of Ethiopian cereal markets by Rashid, Shahidur

“…Cereal price variability in Ethiopia has worsened in recent years, and some of the earlier liberalizations are being reversed due to the unacceptable economic and political costs of increased price variability. …”
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Intercommodity price transmission and food price policies: An analysis of Ethiopian cereal markets by Rashid, Shahidur

“…Cereal price variability in Ethiopia has worsened in recent years, and some of the earlier liberalizations are being reversed due to the unacceptable economic and political costs of increased price variability. …”
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Regionalism: old and new, theory and practice by Burfisher, Mary E., Robinson, Sherman, Thierfelder, Karen

“…Eight successive rounds of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) have resulted in significant global trade liberalization and there has been an accelerating trend toward regional integration in every part of the world. …”
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The 1998 floods in Bangladesh: disaster impacts, household coping strategies, and responses by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.

“…The report describes short- and medium-term government policy measures taken to encourage private trade, including an earlier trade liberalization that permitted private-sector imports of rice from India that stabilized private markets and largely offset the decline in production. …”
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The 1998 floods in Bangladesh: disaster impacts, household coping strategies, and responses by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.

“…The report describes short- and medium-term government policy measures taken to encourage private trade, including an earlier trade liberalization that permitted private-sector imports of rice from India that stabilized private markets and largely offset the decline in production. …”
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The basis for Chinese agricultural growth in the 1980s and 1990s: a comment on Document no. 1, 1984. by Stone, Bruce

“…Much of the document is concerned with: (1) consolidating the gains achieved since the late 1970s in transforming rural organization via the production responsibility system and the attendant liberalization of rural markets; (2) extending the current areas of profitability in terms of increased production and the sale of farm goods that have become available through this transformation and especially in terms of reaping the rewards from specialization, hitherto untapped; and (3) more effectively setting the stage for future growth by attempting to generate confidence as to the durability of these organizational, and other critical policy changes.…”
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The political dimension of implementing environmental reform: lessons from Costa Rica by Kaimowitz, D., Segura, O.

“…On the other hand, the general context of structural adjustment and trade liberalization led to a massive influx of used cars, and that was a very popular policy among groups that were able to purchase cars for the first time.…”
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Persuasion, facilitation… contestation? by Lindemer, August

“…Linking these, and other, positions to epistemological and political considerations, I offer a liberal democratic critique of this conception of climate change communication as both ideologically and pragmatically questionable.…”
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Rearing grasscutters by Ngo-Samnick, E. Lionelle

“…This practical, user-friendly guide provides extension material for unconventional animal breeding. With liberal use of illustrations, tables and sample records, it describes how to rear grasscutters for food and for profit. …”
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The Legacy of the Soviet Agricultural Research System for the Republics of Central Asia and Caucacus by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…In 1765, Katherine II issued a decree establishing the Imperial Liberal Economic Society with the major objective to assist in the development of agriculture in Russia. …”
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All I want for Christmas is a trade agenda with teeth by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…In four short years, the Trump administration did its best to reverse a 75-year trend toward more open global markets—liberalization efforts previously led and championed by the United States. …”
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The broken broker system? Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand) by Minten, Bart, Vandeplas, Anneleen, Swinnen, Johan

“…There is a vigorous debate on liberalization of the heavily regulated agricultural markets in India. …”
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Between market failure, policy failure and "community failure": property rights, crop-livestock conflicts and the adoption of sustainable land use practices in the dry zone of Sri... by Birner, Regina, Gunaweera, Hasantha

“…The paper considers crop damages as an externality problem and shows that the classical solutions to externalities - the neo-liberal, the interventionist solution and the communitarian solution - cannot be applied in the Sri Lankan case due to market failure, government failure and "community failure." …”
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Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda by Woelcke, Johannes, Berger, Thomas, Park, Soojin

“…In 1987, under Yoweri Musevini, the Ugandan government introduced an economic recovery program in cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank, aiming at market liberalization, privatization, and de-centralization. …”
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Property rights in a flea market economy by Fafchamps, Marcel, Minten, Bart

“…This paper studies liberalized grain markets in Madagascar and examines how property rights are protected and contracts are enforced among agricultural traders. …”
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Key issues for the next farm bill: is a farm program buyout possible? by Orden, David

“…This presentation explores a policy option that the United States might utilize to reduce the long-run fiscal cost of subsidies and facilitate agricultural trade liberalization, while providing substantial transition support to farmers. …”
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Strategies for poverty alleviation and sustainable resource management in the fragile lands of Sub-Saharan Africa by Knox, Anna, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“….] -- The impact of policy reforms and trade liberalization on fragile lands in Sub-Saharan Africa / Awudu Abdulai and Peter Hazell -- Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the East African highlands / John Pender [IFPRI staff] ... …”
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Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models by Angelsen, A., Kaimowitz, D.

“…This review, however, finds that policy reforms included in current economic liberalization and adjustment efforts may increase the pressure on forests. …”
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Adaptations of cocoa and coffee farmers communities in the heart of remnant pristine forest of east Cameroon to institutional changes by Sonwa, D.J., Weise, Stephan F., Adesina, A.A., Tchatat, M., Ndoye, O., Endamana, D.

“…But During the 80s and 90s, some mains changes (cocoa and coffee crisis, liberalization of the economy and agricultural sectors and devaluation of local currency) occurred and influenced the management of cocoa and coffee. …”
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Experimentos de laboratorio para el estudio del efecto del fuego de la quema de restos vegetales sobre las propiedades del suelo by Fassbender, H.W.

“…Burning of organic matter liberates P as H2PO4- wich then reacts to form calcium, iron and aluminum phosphates in soils. …”
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