Comparative Advantage among African Coffee Producers

Pearson, Scott R.; Meyer, R.

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“…The two widely used approaches of meastirement are the domestic resotirce cost (DRC) analysis and the index of 'revealed' comparative advantage (RCA). The domestic resource cost approach centres on the implications of the comparative advantage for resource allocation, which is based on the concept of social opportunity costs (Chenery 1961;Pearson & Meyer 1974;Pearson, Akrasanee & Nelson 1976;Gonzales, Kasryno, Perez & Rosegrant 1993). However, the lack of appropriate information on production costs across countries and commodities makes cost comparisons for the competitiveness of domestic resource allocation difficult.…”

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Export performance of major cultured shrimp producers in the Japanese and US markets

Ling¹,

Leung²,

Shang³

1996

Aquaculture Research

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Increase in shrimp farming was stimulated by growth in world market for high‐value shrimp products in the 1980s. The major cultured shrimp producers are located in Asia‐Pacific and Latin American regions. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) method is used to provide insights into the export performance of nine selected shrimp producers in the Japan and United States markets, separately. Shrimp is marketed in a wide variety of product forms, and prices vary according to various product attributes including species, size, taste, quality and origin. The results show that vertical product differentiation concerning different varieties of a good in terms of both quality and price plays an important role on the relative export competition of shrimp products among major shrimp‐exporting countries. As a result of the geographical advantage, Asia‐Pacific producers enjoy comparative advantage in the Japanese imported shrimp market. Joint ventures with the United States provide great benefits to Ecuador and Mexico in exporting fresh shrimp into the United States market.

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Export performance of major cultured shrimp producers in the Japanese and US markets

Ling¹,

Leung²,

Shang³

1996

Aquaculture Research

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“…They recommend that the EAC-COMESA-SADC tripartite should continue as scheduled because it will bring numerous benefits such as improved welfare especially in income for the EAC. The East African coffee exporters of Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have stronger relative CA than the Ivory Coast (Pearson and Meyer, 1974). The authors applied a domestic resource cost ratio and used ranks in order to determine the country with the smallest ratio as having the strongest CA.…”

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Uganda’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in COMESA

Katunze¹,

Kuteesa²

2016

JSD

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Most recently, Uganda increased its trade engagements with COMESA as demonstrated by its submission of accession instruments to COMESA Secretariat in order to access the Free Trade Area (FTA). It is envisaged that trade with COMESA can compensate for the low export demand elsewhere by enabling diversification of the export basket and facilitating value addition to traditional exports. It is also expected to enhance producer competitiveness and consumer welfare. Full exploitation of this requires information on where and in what commodities Uganda's trade niche lies. This study assesses the country competiveness within COMESA based on the concept of Revealed Comparative advantage (RCA). The paper also evaluates the stability of Uganda's RCA in COMESA from 1997-2014 using HS6-digit level export and re-exports data obtained from the World Integrated Trade System. Findings reveal that Uganda's RCA is in all 16 industries at the product chapter level. It is stable in exports of animals, vegetables, food production, wood, textiles, & cloth, stone & glass and metals. Policies for further development of these sectors should aim at addressing sectoral challenges including the low productivity, marketing, and processing capacity in the animal sector, low capacity to test phytosanitary and sanitary certification in the vegetable sector. Additionally, tackling market and low production challenges for the textile sector and, high costs of production for the metals sector will further boost exports to the region.

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“…Na análise económica, destaca-se a utilização do método dos orçamentos, de modelos econométricos cujas aplicações ao tema da competitividade podem ser seguidos em Mattas (1990) e Bureau e Butuault (1990) para a agricultura comunitária e em Maza et al (1992) para a produção ovina, de modelos de programação matemática (Jaraba et Thompson, 1980;Baysan, 1984;Martin, 1989;Abreu, 1987;Marques, 1988, Marques et al, 1995e Lucas, 1995) e de matrizes de análise de política (Pearson et Meyer, 1974;Santana, 1986;Fox, 1987;Pearson et al, 1987;Avillez et Queiroz, 1987;Avillez et al 1988;Pearson et Monke, 1989;e Venturini, 1989).…”

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Avaliação da competitividade da agricultura do Alentejo no âmbito do ecossistema montado

Fragoso

Lucas

2009

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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Neste estudo procede-se à avaliação sócioeconómica do ecossistema montado no Alentejo, em termos da viabilidade dos actuais sistemas de produção e dos efeitos da política agrícola na sua competitividade e sustentabilidade. A metodologia utilizada baseou-se na construção de matrizes de análise política. Em função dos níveis de rendimento e dos efeitos das medidas de política agrícola, os sistemas de produção são classificados em termos da sua contribuição real para o crescimento económico.
This paper makes a socio-economic evaluation of the "Montado" ecosystem in Alentejo. It is study the viability of the agricultural systems and the effects of agricultural policy in their competitiveness and sustainability. It is used a Policy Analysis Matrix to evaluate the agricultural systems competitiveness and their economic efficiency. The agricultural systems are classified concerning their contribution for the economic growth, in function of income levels and policy effects

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Comparative Advantage among African Coffee Producers

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Export performance of major cultured shrimp producers in the Japanese and US markets

Export performance of major cultured shrimp producers in the Japanese and US markets

Uganda’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in COMESA

Avaliação da competitividade da agricultura do Alentejo no âmbito do ecossistema montado

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