Hunger, Kriege, Erderwärmung - eng miteinander verknüpfte Zustände und Risiken - sinddie Geißeln der Menschheit, besonders in den davon stark betroffenen Regionen im GlobalenSüden. Daher verbrieft die Weltgemeinschaft in den Entwicklungszielen der VereintenNationen (Sustainable Development...

Transaction costs create inefficiencies in agricultural markets, and poor trade digitalization lowers agrifood productivity of developing countries. This paper argues that trade facilitation via digitalization cuts transaction costs thereby increasing agrifood trade because it streamlines trade...

The aim of this study was to investigate the Granger causality between geopolitical risk (GPR) sub-indices in order to examine the implications of geopolitical risk on ten agricultural commodities classified as softs or grains. The Granger causality test was used to determine the causal...

The objective of this research is to analyze the trade prospect of Latin America countries' exporting agricultural products to China combining the dimensions of competitiveness and trade potential, and using the Boston Matrix. Based on the agricultural product trade data from 2000 to 2019, three...

There is an ongoing debate about whether standards act as trade catalysts or barriers. This article uses a gravity model to analyze the effects of national standards on the trade of agricultural products between China and the 64 Belt and Road (B&R) countries from 1990 to 2019. Mandatory...

The cost of food rose all over the world in 2022. The spike in the prices of bread was swift and shocking, partly because of its symbolic value in many countries and its importance as a staple, which turns its scarcity into a political issue. This phenomenon is particularly worrisome in...

Purpose: This study focuses on forecasting the price of the most important export crops of vegetables and fruits in Egypt from 2016 to 2030. Design/methodology/approach: The study applied generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model and autoregressive integrated moving...

This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity and political violence in emerging countries. We use data on all Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed between 25 low- and middle-income countries and their high-income trade partners between 1995...

The present article finds an interesting relationship between export demand, elasticity in supply but lower response towards the change in the equilibrium price variation, and a relatively low degree of collusion in the agricultural market. The study has been done in two sets of the market of...

This article describes the evolution of the regulation of agricultural trade and analyses key aspects of the negotiations of the Uruguay and Doha Rounds, in which the least developed countries managed to make the final outcome of the negotiations conditional on progress in the liberalisation of...

Improving nourishment and diets has become a priority for Indonesia. The stunting rate among under-five children in Indonesia at 24% is considered high and deserving of serious attention.Improving dietary diversity among children is essential to reduce the stunting rate and prevalence....

In 2022, index of physical volume of agricultural output in agricultural organizations, peasant (private) farms and household farms grew by 10.2% as compared to the previous year. In monetary terms growth was 14.8% due to rising prices on agricultural products (+4.2%, i.e. much lower as compared...

This paper examines the impact of preferential trading agreements (PTAs) on agricultural trade. We use a machine learning selection algorithm guided by the structural gravity model to identify the relevant PTA provisions which affect agricultural trade. Then, we quantify the trade effects of...

One of sustainable development’s key objectives is to ensure global food security. Trade in agri-food products will be a crucial component of adaptive responses to future global food insecurity. Trade in agri-food products, however, has significant environmental, economic, and climatic...

This article discusses three interrelated aspects of Indian economy namely Indian agriculture, terms of trade and WTO’s role in Indian agriculture. International agricultural trade has been described as inexplicable, exasperating, and the most distorted segment of the global economy....

In this study, we analyse the effects of Covid-19 pandemics on agricultural trade. We conduct a descriptive analysis in order to identify the key trends and changes in agricultural trade, production, demand, and food security caused by the pandemic and the related policy measures. Additionally,...

The agri-food sector is a key component of the Italian economy and the Made in Italy products are altogether the core of it with a strong export propensity. This paper analyses the recent export performance of the Made in Italy as a whole and at product level. The analysis is based on the...

Although the extant literature on agricultural trade analyzes the effects of various factors on agricultural trade, only a limited number of studies focus on the role of institutional quality and institutional quality distance on agricultural trade particularly between developing countries...

Based on the balance approach, the report analyses the production, resource, and export potential of the agro-industrial complexes of the EAEU countries, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan for the period until 2035. The resource potential for extensive and intensive growth of production of key agri-food...

Ensuring food security is affected by the saturation of agricultural products produced domestically and imported. The military actions in Ukraine have negatively affected the export logistics of Ukrainian agricultural products to third countries, thus posing a threat to food security. The aim of...

Agricultural sector is the second largest greenhouse gas emitter globally after the energy sector, and has been an area wherein environmental problems are seen to exacerbate. Despite this, there is a paucity of studies focusing on the determinants of carbon emissions embodied in agricultural...

The global agri-food value chains (GAFVCs) are complex networks involving a range of regions, industries, and resources (such as labor, capital, and imported inputs). The global value chains in the agri-food sector are of critical importance to the world’s food security, as well as its...

World food markets are susceptible to systemic shocks due to a concentration of production in a few main breadbasket regions, strong import dependencies of many developing countries, and frequent unilateral and uncoordinated policy interventions such as export restrictions.The well-established...