This study is an attempt to analyze the impact of Edible Oil Deficit on Food Expenditure in Pakistan for the period … has been used to analyse the long run relationship amongst the variables. Other important determinants of food expenditure … negative relationship exists between edible oil deficit and food expenditure and hence the result derives the policy …

Food programs are large and expensive components of social safety nets in developing countries. For agricultural … households, hunger is more acute in annual lean seasons, but food policies typically do not adapt to seasonality. There is … credit and saving constraints generate seasonality, and present results from a randomized experiment of food storage and food …

This paper deals with the question of the trade-offs between bio-fuels, fossil-fuels, and food. To do so an analysis is … results shows that in general food puts a greater stress over the economies than energy does, and mainly in the developing … where it is possible to have an expansion of bio-fuel production without compromising the production of food and without …

Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in … domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …

This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households … substitution for lower quality food, increasing the intensity of work, withdrawing children from school – especially girls – and …

since 2008 with extremely high fluctuations. The index of food has been growing relative to the core CPI and did not reach … observed trends and periodicity allow predicting the evolution of energy, food, and housing at a horizon of twenty five and … the food price index will be rising another five to ten years. The secular fall in energy and housing prices may induce a …

The interconnections within food, biofuel and fossil fuel markets are first described in the context of biofuels … markets, we do not obtain a persuasive confirmation of the thesis that biofuels clearly lead to food shortages via the … increase in prices of basic food commodities used in the production of biofuels. …

The objective of this study is to provide an insight into demand patterns of the Malay consumers for specific food … Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) model for 12 aggregated food products is estimated using a two-step estimation procedure. A … elasticities. This study shows that Malay consumers appear to have different food consumption patterns as compared to the general …

Demand analyses of food are deemed important to provide up-to-date indications of the demand behavior in future. This …-economic factors on of food demand in Malaysia. Household Expenditure Survey 2004/2005 data is analyzed by using Working Leser, Linear …