This paper is concerned primarily with reassessing the risks associated with developing country reliance on international trade as part of a food security strategy. The paper also discusses food supply...
Economic development is a complex process in which both the private and public sectors have important roles to play. Their roles are best played if they can be cast as partners in helping to achieve growth...
Fishery is an important sector in most developing countries; in many cases, it contributes over five percent to the gross national product (GNP). Some twelve million fishermen are to be found in these...
Family-run farms provide over 80 per cent of the world's food. Policies that allow the farmer, functioning as a private entrepreneur, to make an effective contribution to growth are critically important...
World prices for fertilizers have nearly tripled and shortages in availability are widespread. The shortage is apparently demand-related, reinforced by a recent reduced rate of growth in fertilizer production...
The evaluation of alternative ways of organizing farm operations, especially those associated with mechanized cereal growing, has been much studied in a systems context in an endeavor to analyze the investment...