The variation in protection awarded to agricultural commodities indicates some general patterns of protection across industrialized and developing countries. This paper provides an analytical overview of the political economy market of agricultural protection. A comprehensive comparative...

In the last decade there has been an increasing interest in the political economy of agricultural protection (PEAP). A recent development is the treatment of policy intervention as endogenous rather than exogenous, within a public choice framework. The authors investigate the prominent...

The FAPRI modeling system used for the analysis provides information about the impact of the European Union's (EU) proposed "Agenda 2000" Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms on U.S. crops and livestock sectors, international trade balance, world prices, and on commodity supply and use in...

A framework for modeling the dairy sector is developed, emphasizing the complexities unique to this multiproduct industry. Equilibrium conditions among competitive and joint dairy products are specified subject to mass balancing requirements, stable economic relationships, and appropriate policy...

Although the overall agricultural sector in India is characterized by significant taxes on producers and subsidies to consumers, the patterns in the case of oilseed crops and products are mixed. This paper analyzes some important trends in the Indian oilseeds sector, and employs the concepts of...

This manual describes the worksheet version of the Food Aid and Food Security Analysis System (FAFSAS) for Jamaica and details the step-by-step procedure of using this analytical system for policy analysis.

Since 1986 the federal crop insurance program has changed in several ways: the number of covered crops has increased dramatically; the number of insured acres and amount of total premiums have risen; and new styles of crop insurance policies have been introduced. Each change has had a...

In 1996, two new crop insurance products--Crop Revenue Coverage and Income Protection--were introduced to insure against losses in revenue, as opposed to the traditional multiple-peril crop insurance that insures against crop yield losses. Using yield and price difference distributions in 1,000...