Publications (Filter: agriculture)
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The Role of Trade Policy in Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
There is now a long history of countries improving sustainability standards in most parts of the economy while at the same time pursuing the...
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The UK’s First International Trade Negotiation – Agriculture at the WTO
By: David HenigThere are few issues that cause more controversy in international trade policy than agriculture. The EU’s overall agriculture policy, including...
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Property rights, Consumption Growth and Consumption Volatility: Evidence from a Land Reform in Vietnam
During Vietnam’s transition from a socialist to a market economy, household’s property rights over agricultural land were considerably...
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Revisiting the “Cotton Problem”—A Comparative Analysis of Cotton Reforms in sub-Saharan Africa
The cotton sector has been among the most regulated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and still largely is in West and Central Africa (WCA), despite...
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Standards, Reputation and Trade: Evidence from US Horticultural Import Refusals
By disentangling productivity from quality sorting in horticultural exports, this paper investigates the impact of food safety standards and...
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Reputation Matters: Spillover Effects in the Enforcement of US SPS Measures
This paper uses a novel dataset on US food import refusals to show that reputation is an important factor in the enforcement of sanitary and...
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The Elusive Quest for Supply Response to Cash-crop Market Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Cotton
Little cross-cutting conclusions emerge from comparative studies on the impact of structural adjustment on Sub-Saharan African agricultural...
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African Cotton Markets at Crossroads: Will the Price Spike Turn into a New Kick-Start?
After years of diplomatic efforts and legal procedures to obtain the elimination of rich countries’ cotton subsidies, policy prospects for African...
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Sub-Saharan African Cotton Policies in Retrospect
Calls for liberalizing cash crop sectors in sub-saharan Africa have been voiced for decades. Yet, the impact of reforms remains elusive in...
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Food Security and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Facts Against Fears
Fears about food security in the EU have become a driving force in the debate about the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). But the facts do...