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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; The Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture; The Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture: A Guide to Competitive Potentialwith Case Studies; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I -- Concepts, Issues, and Policy; 1 -- The Context and Scope of the Book; 1.1 THE CONTEXT OF AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS; 1.2 THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK; ENDNOTES; 2 -- Introduction; 2.1 COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTS; 2.2 COMPETITIVENESS VERSUS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; 2.3 NATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS; 2.4 ISSUES IN EVALUATING COMPETITIVENESS; 2.4.1 Reliance on Costs and Prices |
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2.4.2 Use of Producer Subsidy Equivalents as Indicators of Competitiveness2.4.3 Spatial Variations of Competitiveness Within a Country; 2.4.4 Competitiveness, Comparative Advantage and Shadow Pricing; 2.4.5 Annual Crops vs. Perennial Crops and Livestock; 2.4.6 Data on Farm Production Costs and Transportation Margins; 2.4.7 Determinants of Quality; II -- Methodologies for Evaluating Competitiveness; 3 -- International Trade and Prices as Measures of Competitiveness; ENDNOTES; 4 -- Price-Quality Tradeoffs and Multitrack Evaluations of Competitiveness; ENDNOTE |
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5 -- Track 1 Methodology: Cost-Price Measures of Competitiveness5.1 IMPORTED VERSUS DOMESTIC COSTS; 5.2 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND LONG-RUN COMPETITIVENESS; 5.3 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING LONG-RUN PRICES; 5.4 COST ESTIMATES: THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION AND FARM BUDGETS; 5.5 THE MULTIYEAR CRITERION FOR COST COMPETITIVENESS; 5.6 LIMITATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LONG-RUN COMPETITIVENESS MEASURE; ENDNOTE; 6 -- Track 2 Methodology: Value Chains and Quality Criteria; 6.1 THE NATURE OF VALUE CHAINS; 6.2 BUYER-SELLER LINKAGES AND VALUE CHAIN GOVERNANCE; 6.3 VALUE CHAINS AND INNOVATION |
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6.4 THE QUALITY DIMENSION OF COMPETITIVENESSIII -- Case Studies in the Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture; 7 -- Colombia: A Strategic Assessment of National Crop Competitiveness; 7.1 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY; 7.2 GRAINS AND OILSEEDS; 7.3 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; 7.4 COFFEE, SUGAR, OIL PALM, AND CACAO; 7.5 TUBERS, TOBACCO, AND COTTON; 7.6 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS; 7.7 FORESTRY; 7.8 EXPORTS, COMPETITIVENESS, AND RISK; 7.9 POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF COMPETITIVENESS FINDINGS IN COLOMBIA; 7.9.1 Overall Findings; 7.9.2 Sector-Wide Effects of Policy Shifts Toward Competitive Products |
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7.9.3 Export and Pricing Policies7.9.4 Agricultural Fiscal Policy for Competitiveness and Inclusiveness; 7.9.5 Agricultural Research Policy for Competitiveness; ENDNOTES; 8 -- Rwanda: Competitiveness by Quality Criteria, Track 2; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 THE CONTEXT: DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR HIGH-VALUE CROPS; 8.3 REGIONAL TRADE AND PRICE CRITERIA FOR COMPETITIVENESS; 8.4 QUALITY, THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 8.5 VARIETAL DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE CHAIN ALLIANCES; 8.6 ASSESSMENTS OF VALUE CHAIN ISSUES IN RWANDA; 8.6.1 Tea; The Field Findings; Application of Value Chain Filters |
| Summary |
"The Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture: A Guide to Competitive Potential with Case Studies describes and synthesizes existing methodologies for evaluating competitiveness in agriculture, introduces extensions and refinements, and provides a novel approach based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. As exports of tropical fruit, nuts, and other high-value crops have been growing very rapidly from developing countries, but often encounter serious obstacles in their value chains, this book demonstrates how national agricultural policy is oftentimes not guided by considerations of inherent competitiveness. In addition, the book presents case studies that illustrate the application of these approaches using quantitative frameworks. A concluding chapter introduces policy considerations for competitiveness from work in Jordan, Colombia, Estonia, Peru, and elsewhere, also discussing the role of specific policies in raising competitiveness sustainably and its role in reducing rural poverty."-- Publisher's website |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Plant competition -- Tropics
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Plant competition
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Tropics
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128092224 |
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012809222X |
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