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Malawi’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Ellis, Mia

“…At the core of the failure to resume pre-pandemic economic growth rates are a worsening debt crisis, a balance of payment crisis, an acute shortage of foreign exchange reserves, and several external shocks (World Bank 2022). …”
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The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing by Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…For Ghana, improving domestic tomato processing would also reduce the country's dependence on imported tomato paste and so improve foreign exchange reserves, as well as provide employment opportunities and development opportunities in what are poor rural areas of the country. …”
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Agriculture and food security by Badiane, Ousmane

“…Country fiscal and external trade balances have shown similarly remarkable improvements, as foreign exchange reserves as a share of GDP continued to rise and budgetary deficits fell. …”
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On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s move to go 100% organic by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

“…However, it was aligned with the emerging national economic crisis with drastically declining foreign exchange reserves that restricted the import of commodities, including fertilizer for distribution at subsidized prices. …”
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On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s ban of chemical fertilizers in 2021 by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

“…Previous policies had envisioned a gradual shift, but the sudden ban caught agriculture off guard. Declining foreign exchange reserves to import chemical fertilizers and coinciding peak fertilizer prices appeared to support the timing of the move. …”
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Grain marketing parastatals in Asia: why do they have to change now? by Rashid, Shahidur, Cummings, Jr., Ralph, Gulati, Ashok

“…Our results suggest that conditions in the region have improved significantly over the past thirty years; and none of the four commonly agreed rationales—that is, poorly integrated domestic markets, thin and volatile world market, promoting modern technology and the scarcity of foreign exchange reserves—for public intervention in foodgrain markets are now persuasive. …”
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Guidelines for Sustainable Intensification of Wheat Production in Sudan by Devkota, Krishna, Idris, Amani A. M., Mohamed Mustfa, Hala, Elamein, Hala Mohamed Mustafa, Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Eltayeb, Salah, Jabow, Maie Kabbashi Alla, Elkhawad, Mohamed, Abdelgadir Elnour, Omer, Abdelrahman Yousif, Lotfie

“…In 2021, the country imported 1.96 million tons of wheat at a cost of USD 621 million, placing a significant strain on its limited foreign exchange reserves (FAOSTAT, 2023). Expanding local production and improving yields are essential strategies for reducing dependence on imports and enhancing food security.…”
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Situation report on Nepal’s agrifood systems: August 2023 by Kumar, A., Palikhe, A., Maharjan, N.K., Adhikari, M., Gupta, S., Minot, Nicholas, Dorosh, Paul A., Kishore, Avinash, Koirala, Pankaj, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…In addition, import restrictions have been imposed to manage declining foreign exchange reserves2. The annual inflation rate for the 12 months ending in July stood at 7.7 percent compared to 6.3 percent a year ago. …”
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia by Dorosh, Paul A., Robinson, Sherman, Ahmed, Hashim A.

“…Beginning in March 2008, access to foreign exchange for imports has been restricted (rationed) to avoid excessive drawdown of foreign exchange reserves. Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model simulations suggest that there are substantial adverse efficiency and distributional effects of foreign exchange rationing. …”
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