Several Caribbean sugar producing countries are actively looking for viable alternatives to recover some of the expected lost revenues due to the WTO (World Trade Organization) ruling that sugar subsidies in the European Union (EU) are illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting...

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This Discussion Paper focuses on strategic adjustments made by leading international dairy firms in response to world market developments in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Firms whose strategies were analyzed include Fonterra, Nestle, selected other Western European companies (including the...

The instability of commodity prices and the hypothesis that speculative behaviour was one of its causes has brought renewed interest in futures markets. In this paper, the hedging effectiveness of European and US wheat futures markets were studied to test whether they were affected by the high...

The last important price changes within the food delivery chain caused a growth of food prices and a higher inflation rate. In the face of those circumstances the activities for improvement of food delivery chain have become very important, since it affects directly all citizens. The analysis...

The influence of international trade on the growth of GDP has undergone some changes in time. The paper presents national trade between Poland and Russia with a special emphasis on the agro-food trade. The paper includes an estimation of the effects in Polish national income obtained through...

The aim of the paper was to assess the role of services in Polish and German agriculture in comparison with that in the other EU countries. The analysis was based on the Economic Accounts for Agriculture. The research covered agricultural services, veterinary expenses and financial...

In years 2007-2008, prices of food and agricultural products surged dramatically all round the world. The time series analysis of monthly global prices from 1990 through April 2010 shows that prices for several commodity groups in 2007-2008 outpaced long-run price increases, suggesting many...