Improving farmers’ access to markets is widely recognized as a major development challenge. A review of the literature suggests that indicators of market access may bear little relationship to the specific processes of interest and hence provide misguided evidence of the impacts of improved...

Regional integration through trade is recognized as one way to foster economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper uses the gravity model and 11-year panel data (1996-2006) on Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade...

Regional integration through trade is recognized as one way to foster economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper uses the gravity model and 11-year panel data (1996-2006) on Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade...

Since 2002, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded programs to promote maize, dairy, and horticulture enterprises among smallholder farmers in Kenya under the Strategic Objective 7 of Increased Rural Household Incomes. On behalf of USAID, Tegemeo Institute has...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1984 and 1985, including value, quantity, principal .markets £or agricultural exports and imports and exports...

This paper develops a conceptual model of farmers’ production decisions in the context of dual output marketing channels (e.g., government and private sector) when prices at harvest time and the availability of one of the channels are unknown at planting time. It then uses the operationalized...

U.S. agricultural export values rose 5 percent in calendar year 1984 to $37.8 billion, the first increase since 1981. U. S. agricultural imports in 1984 jumped to a record $19.3 billion, up $2.8 billion. from 1983. High U.S. interest rates and rapid economic growth helped strengthen the dollar...

U.S. agricultural export values rose 5 percent in calendar year 1984 to $37.8 billion, the first increase since 1981. If U.S. agricultural imports in 1984 jumped to a record $19.3 billion, up $2.8 billion from 1983. High U.S. interest rates and rapid economic growth helped strengthen the dollar...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign Detailed tables cover commodity and country trade in agricultural products. information for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, including value, quantity, and principal markets for agricultural imports and exports, and...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1984 and 1985, including value, quantity, principal markets for agricultural exports and imports and exports...