Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia

Then and Now

“…The ifis, in turn, respond that if such large countries as Indonesia import higher amounts, this will then 'thicken' the market and dampen volatility. This policy recommendation explains the opening phrase in the title of a major study on rice trade liberalization published by the World Bank: 'Trusting trade' (Alavi et al 2012). Even irri now publically frets over the consequences if countries pursue self-sufficiency 'at any cost' (Mohanty 2012).…”

Supply chain from production areas to Addis Ababa

“…Second, modern commodity exchanges are increasingly established in Africa to improve objective grading, transparency, as well as competition in agricultural markets (Gabre-Madhin 2012). Third, credit schemes (for example, warehouse receipt systems or communal storage schemes) are being promoted to reduce the impact of distress sales (World Bank 2012;UK, DFID 2004;Alavi et al 2012). In such schemes, farmers use their unsold produce as collateral to obtain credit to meet immediate expenditures.…”

“…Second, most of the recent studies on food value chains are focused on emerging high-value products, while surveys that study staple crops are often outdated (Ahmed 1987). Third, in the case that surveys were fielded, these typically focus on randomly selected farmers, who might not be representative of farmers who effectively participate in value chains of specific crops (Alavi et al 2012;World Bank 2009) and are less important in major food supply areas.…”

“…Transportation costs and remoteness matter enormously in agricultural markets in developing countries (Teravaninthon and Raballand 2009;Deichmann, Shilpi, and Vakis 2009;Fafchamps and Shilpi 2003;Gollin and Rogerson 2010;Alavi et al 2012). For this reason the differences on how transportation costs and marketing behavior are affected spatially between Addis Ababa and rural production areas are important, particularly in understanding the link with shipping and with farmers' teff marketing.…”

Croissance annuelle de la consommation de produits agricoles par catégorie de produits, 2007-16 et 2017-26

“…Le recours à des politiques destinées à assurer un certain degré d'autosuffisance a pris de l'ampleur depuis la crise des prix alimentaires de 2007/08. Cet effort en faveur de l'autosuffisance répond souvent à la volonté de ne plus être vulnérable aux fluctuations des prix mondiaux semblables à celles enregistrées à l'époque -en particulier pour le riz -bien que la flambée des prix alimentaires ait été en grande partie due à des facteurs liés aux politiques mises en oeuvre et non à des déséquilibres entre l'offre et la demande mondiales (Alavi et al, 2012;OCDE, 2008;Piesse et Thirtle, 2009;Naylor et Falcon, 2010;Headey, 2011).…”