China has been rapidly increasing its consumption and imports of dairy products in recent years. A two-stage demand system was estimated for livestock product consumption in urban China over the 1990s. Total expenditure elasticities for the livestock commodity group and expenditure elasticities...

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...

Table of Contents: (1) Baboola, Ashfaqul, Michael Reed, Sayed Saghaian, and Vijay Subramaniam: "Food Safety Standards and Export Competitiveness in the Processed Food Industries of Asia-pacific Countries, pp. 1-10; (2) Nalley, Lawton Lanier, Andrew P. Barkley, John M. Crespi, and Ken D. Sayre:...

Table of Contents: (1) Meyers, William H., Patrick Westhoff, Jacinto F. Fabiosa, and Dermot J. Hayes: "The FAPRI Global Modeling System and Outlook Process," pp. 1-20; (2) Meyer, Seth, Julian Binfield, and Patrick Westhoff: "Interactions between Energy Markets and Agriculture in the U.S.: A...

The demand for organic food products has expanded rapidly in the past decade on a global basis, stimulated by consumer perceptions that organic products are safer, cleaner and more ethical than conventional products. The demand for organic products was estimated to grow at a rate of 15-20 per...

This paper discusses the main problems, principles, concepts, and solutions that characterise the intellectually property (IP) challenges that the CGIAR Research Centres face. The Centres' IP challenges must be seen against the background of five revolutions. Due to the biotechnology,...

Table of Contents: (1) Babula, Ronald A. and John Paul Rothenberg: "A Dynamic Model of U.S. Pork Product Markets: Testing for and Discerning the Role of Hedging on Pork-Related Food Costs," pp. 1-24; (2) Johnson, Jessica Jo and Andrew Barkley: "Trade Agreement Impact on Trade Flows, Trade...

Table of Contents: (1) Li, Xiaoqian, Sayed Saghaian and Michael Reed: "The Impact of HACCP on U.S. Seafood Exports: The Case of Fish, Mollusks, and Shellfish Other Than Mollusks," pp. 111-124; (2) Ahmad, Burhan and Roberto J. Garcia: "Measuring Commodity-Specific Trade Determinants and Export...

Table of Contents: (1) Babula, Ronald A.: "Using Cointegrated VAR Modeling to Comparatively and Empirically Assess Effects of Alternatively-Focused Policies on U.S. Soft Wheat Markets," pp. 109-130; (2) Shaik, Saleem and Dragan Miljkovic: "The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in...