Ghana's cocoa production has declined in the past 25 years from half the world market share to about one tenth of the market. This has been partly due to policies that overvalued the domestic currency and heavily taxed cocoa exports. This study addresses the dilemma Ghana's government faces: how...

This paper uses results from simulations of the FAIRMODEL, USAGMKTS, and MEXAGMKTS models to analyze the effects of changes in U.S. agricultural policy on Mexican agricultural markets. The author concludes that under a scenario of trade liberalization for Mexico, Mexican agricultural production,...

This paper is about sustainability of irrigation investments in both the financial and physical senses. Finance provides the claim on resources necessary to accomplish physical operations in an economic system, while physical operations provide a flow of services for which beneficiaries are...