An in-depth look at key issues through a gender lens, including rural contexts and institutions, natural resources, assets and income, and livelihood strategies and well-being. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Government measures to drive paddy prices up: nothing’s working
The government had announced a 20 percent incentive on rice export and a Tk 3,000 crore subsidy for farmers to buy agro tools. It had also doubled duties on rice import and nearly tripled its paddy procurement from farmers. But none of these measures could push paddy prices up in the last three months. Boro […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
How trade policies starve healthy diets
A recent Lancet study regarded dietary factors amongst the biggest risk factors for death and disability in India. Healthier, safer and more nutritious diets are keys to fighting high levels of under-nutrition and rising levels of obesity in India. In... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 136, by Seneshaw Tamru, Bart Minten, Johan F. M. Swinnen. Abstract: Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood. We study the issue of foreign exchange controls and pricing in the value chain for Ethiopia’s coffee - its most important >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor Report highlights efforts to increase regional integration to boost Africa’s agricultural trade
This article is cross-posted from IFPRI's West and Central Africa Office (WCAO) homepage. ACCRA, 4 September 2019 – A new report points to non-tariff barriers, high trading costs and a lack of product diversification as the biggest impediments to Africa’s agricultural trade performance. The Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2019 examines the effectiveness of efforts to increase >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
