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    Food price differences across Indian states: patterns and determinants

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2016
    The paper examines food price differences across Indian states during 2004-2014 using food consumer prices from household surveys and wholesale/retail prices for selected goods. At the individual product level there are large price differences across states, with prices doubling or trebling across India for a typical case, but with considerable variation across products.
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    India and Africa - collaboration for growth

    KPMG, 2016
    The nature of India’s relationship with Africa is clearly evolving into a wider, deeper engagement that, while clearly in India’s advantage, also offers significant potential benefits to its African counterparts. This overview of Indian/African economic collaboration is a joint piece of work from KPMG and the Confederation of Indian Industry.  It specifically looks at:
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    Public stockpiling of rice in Asia Pacific

    S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2016
    The public stockpiling of staple grains is one of the earliest strategies used to mitigate food supply instability.
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    Prospects of Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The concept of Blue Economy is emerging as a new narrative on productive and sustainable engagement with the vast development opportunities that oceanic resources offer. The important sectors of Blue Economy are fisheries, sea-minerals including oil and gas, ports and shipping, marine tourism, marine biotechnology, deep-sea mining, and transport and logistics.
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    Poverty and environmental damage in Philippine agriculture: do trade policies matter?

    2005
    Is there some truth to the common assumption that upland farmers are insulated from and not directly affected by most economic policies? The authors of this brief note otherwise as they uncover the link between trade policies, poverty and environmental damage in Philippine agricul ture in this issue of the DRN .
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    Revisiting RP's Hybrid Rice Program

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    The United Nations General Assembly declared 2004 the International Year of the Rice (IYR). The IYR is a venue to promote improved production and development of sustainable rice-based systems that will contribute to environmental conservation and a better life for present and future generations.
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    Agricultural policy and the WTO Agreement: The Philippine Case

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1997
    This paper analyzes the changing nature of price intervention and public expenditure policies affecting agriculture in the Philippines, the implications of WTO agricultural agreement on these policies and the factors in the political economy that help shape the nature of agricultural policies.
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    International trade patterns and trade policies in the Philippine fisheries

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The Philippines is as a net exporter of fish and products while negative trade balance prevails in other land-based production systems, such as agriculture and forestry. The balance of trade in fisheries remains positive but at a declining value.
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    How effective are our postharvest facilities?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Losses from postharvest are one of the most common problems in agriculture. This Policy Note summarizes the key findings of an evaluation of postharvest facilities (PHFs) in the Philippines.
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    What factors affect the business success of Philippine SMEs in the food sector?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    This Policy Note discusses the success factors of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the food manufacturing and food service sector. It also provides implications on how SMEs can be assisted to achieve business success, thus, enhancing their capacity to engage in international trade.

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