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...

This study was conducted to analyze the direct and indirect effects of ethanol policy on livestock production. Results of the theoretical model indicate the possibility of ethanol policy indirectly affecting livestock production. Econometric results show a possibility of ethanol policy...

Content: (1) Scoppola, Margherita. "Regional Integration and Production Location: What Theories (Do Not) Tell Us." (pp. 117-140); (2) Hendricks, Nathan P., and Lawton Lanier Nalley. "Who Benefits from Global Agricultural Trade Liberalization? The Case of Wheat and Maize." (pp. 141-158); (3)...

The paper emphasizes three interrelated questions about the decline in relative farm to non-farm prices in the United States since 1973; 1) Is it unusual, 2) What caused it, and 3) Is it likely to continue? We find that based on historical and international evidence this phenomenon may be considered...

This study examines the dynamic relationships among farm real estate values, farm returns, farm program payments, and real interest rates in an income capitalization model. Endogeneity is assumed among the variables in a dynamic framework because the direction of causality is unclear from a...

This study was conducted to analyze the direct and indirect effects of ethanol policy on livestock production. Results of the theoretical model indicate the possibility of ethanol policy indirectly affecting livestock production. Econometric results show a possibility of ethanol policy...

The grain handling sector in Canada and the United States is vital to agriculture and trade. In a typical year on the Canadian prairies, about 140,000 producers deliver some 20 to 30 mmt of grain for export to primary elevators. In the United States, about 2.1 million producers deliver about 300...

Changes in policy, institutional and competitive environments have led to increased trade and a rise in trade tensions in the Canada-U.S. barely market. These tensions stem from policies and marketing institutions that have evolved independently in these two countries. Results from a detailed...