Table of Contents: (1) Young, Linda: "Introduction: Capacity Building and Agricultural Trade Policy Challenges in Developing Countries," pp. 171-174; (2) Young, Linda M. "Capacity Building Programs in Agricultural Trade Policy," pp. 175-184; (3) Salam, Abdul: "Distortions in Incentives to Production...

Content: (1) Scoppola, Margherita. "Regional Integration and Production Location: What Theories (Do Not) Tell Us." (pp. 117-140); (2) Hendricks, Nathan P., and Lawton Lanier Nalley. "Who Benefits from Global Agricultural Trade Liberalization? The Case of Wheat and Maize." (pp. 141-158); (3)...

Economic and agricultural convergence across the EU regions has for a long time attractedthe attention of economists and more so in the recent decade following the EU enlargement.Empirical contributions have referred explicitly or implicitly to the Solow’s model ofeconomic growth testing...

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The paper examines relationships and linkages between the conventional supply chain actors (wholesalers and retailers) and local food producers based on a study conducted in Southeast Michigan. A case study approach was employed to examine chain actors’ operations and to explore their roles,...

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Abolishing a nearly 50-year-old policy for rice price support, Korea adopted a new direct payment program in 2005. Making the transition to decoupled income support has been governed by the need for operative and effective income safety nets and the WTO disciplines on domestic support. The...

Az alkalmazott regressziószámítás korrigált-agregált variációs koefficiensek segítségével és az adatok pontossága mellett megállapítható, hogy a regionalizáció hatására a nemzetgazdaságok közötti gazdasági fejlettségkülönbségek kiegyenlítődnek, és a...