World Food: Prices and the Poor

Schertz, Lyle P.

doi:10.2307/20038067

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“…Succinctly, staple foods tend to have low income elasticity. However, proteins and high quality caloric food sources have a high income elasticity, so that any change in income is rapidly expressed in the levels of consumption, particularly of those foods rich in nutrients (Mellor 1978;Schertz 1974;Svendberg 1984).…”

Section: Exports and Food Security In Latin America -Gacitua And Bellmentioning

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Agricultural Exports, Food Production, and Food Security in Latin America¹

Gacitua

Bello

1991

Rural Sociology

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This study assesses the impact of agricultural, export-oriented policies on food consumption through a time-series, cross-sectional regression model. The results of this study lead to three basic conclusions.First, there is a significant negative relationship between agricultural export promotion and food consumption. Economic growth and increasing agricultural exports earnings do not necessarily increase food security. Second, protein consumption per capita constitutes a more sensitive indicator of changes in food consumption and a proxy for the distributional dimension of the food consumption problem. Third, alternative policies should incorporate agricultural export into a broader agroindustrial development strategy aimed at achieving food security both by increasing income and by food production.

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Section: Exports and Food Security In Latin America -Gacitua And Bellmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Exports, Food Production, and Food Security in Latin America¹

Gacitua

Bello

1991

Rural Sociology

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“…Footnotes to Chapter I See for example Hathaway (1974), D.G. Johnson (1975), Schertz (1974), Science magazine (May 9, 1975).…”

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The Economics of International Grain Reserve Systems

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The purpose of this thesis is to provide a general theoretical and empirical framework which can be used to analyze the issues that are fundamental in the economic analysis of international grain reserves. The major problems and considerations that relate to the institution of a reserve system are first examined. Previous and current international efforts toward institution of grain reserves are reviewed in view of past and current developments in international grain markets. A general equilibrium theory of production fluctuations and stabilization via stockpiling is developed and is used to analyze the impact of stabilization on consuming and producing sectors of a closed economy.

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