Agricultural markets and food prices
Implications of economic liberalisation, the impact of global trends in agricultural production on food prices; the mechanisms by which farmers engage in markets; the various barriers and opportunities presented by different policy frameworks.
Latest Documents
- Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
- G. Escobar; M. Glave / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today? In orde...
- Land grabs and fragile food systems: The role of globalization
- S. Murphy / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2013
- IATP have consistently argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalisation that privileges commercial interests and pushes public interests aside. This paper concludes that the g...
- Staple food value chains in China, India and Bangladesh: a real revolution in favour of food security
- T. Reardon; K. Chen; B. Minten / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- Is there a difference between the current and the traditional value chains of staples in Asia? This study investigates how domestic staples value chains are structured and performing in three Asian countries (Bangladesh, China and Ind...
- Would Syria’s agricultural sector benefit from an east-Mediterranean common market?
- M. Babili / AgEcon Search, 2013
- The series of recent economic sanctions against Syria imposed by several countries and blocs sparkled the idea of a regional common market that comprises Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. This paper looks into the actual possibility of e...
- From Subsistence to Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation
- E. Chirwa and M. Matita / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Full title: From Subsistence to Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation Initiatives FAC Working Paper 37 Ephraim W. Chirwa and Mirriam Matita This paper investigates the relation...
- Factors Influencing Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation
- E. Chirwa / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Full title: Factors Influencing Smallholder Commercial Farming in Malawi: A Case of NASFAM Commercialisation Initiatives Policy Brief 51 by Ephraim Chirwa and Miriam Matita Most of smallholder farming in Malawi focu...
- Small farm commercialisation in Africa: A guide to issues and policies
- S. Wiggins / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 50 by Steve Wiggins Small farmers in Africa have long been engaged with markets — for produce, inputs such as fertiliser, credit, labour, land and information. Opportunities to do so are increasing with u...
- Creating New Markets via Smallholder Irrigation: The Case of Irrigation-led Smallholder...
- S. Gebreselassie / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2010
- Creating New Markets via Smallholder Irrigation: The Case of Irrigation-led Smallholder Commercialization in Lume District, Ethiopia By Samuel Gebreselassie June 2010 Following the 2008 global food crises, the agric...
- Can the smallholder model deliver poverty reduction and food security
- S. Wiggins / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2010
- By Steve Wiggins July 2009 Despite the achievements of smallholders in Asia during the green revolution, there is scepticism that Africa’s smallholders — who dominate the farm area in most countries — can im...
- Commercialisations in Agriculture
- J. Leavy and C. Poulton / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009
- Jennifer Leavy and Colin Poulton September 2007 According to this thinking, smallholder agriculture is uniquely positioned to deliver broad-based growth in rural areas (where the vast majority of the world?s poor still l...
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