A 1981 study in the Dominican Republic was replicated in 1987 to analyze the effect of producer preferences on farm prices for red beans and to determine if rural market conditions changed significantly between the two study periods. In contrast to the 1981 study. econometric analysis of the...

Recent studies have examined the relationships between agricultural innovations and rural poverty in LDCs, concentrating on either exchange or nonexchange inoome. However, neither approach is adequate if employed independently. Growing concen~ration of control of land and the effects. of...

The purpose of this paper is to test specific hypotheses about the detenninants of temporary ruralto- urban migration (circulation) by male heads of households for the putpose of engaging in wage employmenL Data from a sample of 145 rural households located in the central Mexican highlands are...

Evaluating the effects of economic growth and the effectiveness of targeted government intervention requires identification of tarket groups and information on food and nutrient consumption patterns. A model of nutrient consumption linked to food choice behaviour is used to evaluate nutrient...

Three food aid delivery systems are discussed. They illustrate the possible benefits and costs related to food aid activities. Case one is an example of anticipated food aid obligaticns, where commitmeots to food aid relief increase domestic produc:ticn in the dcnor nation. Case two illustrates...

This paper presents a multimarket focxl crop supply/demand model for Indonesia and assesses the impact of food crop trade liberalization using the model. The results indicate that a trade liberalization policy would generate substantial net benefits to society because gains to consumers from...

International trade in food crops has historically played a residual, supply-augmenting role in the Indonesian food economy. Indonesia was able to transform its rice economy technologically and stimulate rapid growth in rural income and consumption levels while protecting the domestic economy...

This paper analyzes the farm, wholesale, and retail price series of nine agricultural prcxiucts (rice, beans, maize, soyabeans, potatoes, onions, bananas, tomatoes, and oranges). Causality analysis is carried out to determine the possible existence of a market level that systematically tends to...

This paper docwnents the radical restructuring of the supply of agricultural credit in Portugal in the 1980s. In the previoos decade, commercial banks and Ministry of Agriculture programmes dominated the supply of agrirultural finance. By 1986, however, the national network of agricultural...

The pwpose of this study is to assess quantitatively the impact of a tariff cut on agricultural pexformance and intersect.oral and in1erregional disparities in Brazil. A general equilibriwn model was built, nonlinear and dynamic, in which the price mechanism plays an important role. The model is...