Globalization and competitiveness of agricultural commodities could have significant potential benefits for food security and poverty reduction in West Africa. Participation in global trade and economy is potentially important but not enough to ensure benefits at all levels of the chains and...

This study examines the factors that determine the export performance of three major agricultural exportable commodities of cocoa, rubber and palm-kernel in the context of liberalization. Using time series data covering thirty three years and to avoid spurious result, error correction model was...

This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral...

The aim of this study is to identify the competition pattern in the Brazilian special cheese industry, and the strategic groups of this market. Based mainly on the Industrial Organization Theory, a qualitative study was conducted, supported by primary and secondary data. The primary data were...

In advanced capitalist societies, classified by Claus Offe as tardy-capitalists, one verifies a structural contradiction among the logics concerning valorization of capital and the processes of the publicadministration system. The continuous increase of work taxes in services, use...

In the recent years we have observed a strong movement to provide alternatives for innovative economic development, to consider problems relating to poverty and income generation. The study of the productive chain of fruits in the northern region of the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, seeks to...

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, analisar os impactos da expansão da cana, no Vale do São Patrício – região localizada no Centro-Norte do estado de Goiás. Principal área goiana produtora de cana-de-açúcar destinada à produção de álcool combustível, o Vale do São Patrício apresenta...

No atual cenário global de busca por alternativas mais limpas e mais eficientes de energia, o etanol brasileiro pode desempenhar papel de grande importância não só internamente, mas também em nível internacional, na medida em que se apresenta como um biocombustível de alto balanço...

Este estudo apresenta a visão da cadeia produtiva, sob a ótica da diversificação e diferenciação nas empresas gaúchas de beneficiamento de arroz. Os objetivos deste trabalho são: identificar os produtos diversificados e diferenciados que as empresas oferecem no mercado; discutir a...

Livestock is the most important source of cash for small-scale farmers in the semi-arid tropics of southern Africa. However, with limited access to markets, farmers do not have the incentive to invest in improved livestock management. Livestock production and off-takes remain low and farmers are...