Consequences of a food security strategy for economic welfare, income distribution and land degradation the Philippine case

Like many LDCs, the Philippines pursued a food security strategy in which self-sufficiency and price stabilisation feature prominently. In addition to their widely debated welfare effects, food policies based on price and trade restrictions may also accelerate land degradation by promoting expansion...

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Veröffentlicht in:World development
1. Verfasser: Coxhead, Ian (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 2000
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Zusammenfassung:Like many LDCs, the Philippines pursued a food security strategy in which self-sufficiency and price stabilisation feature prominently. In addition to their widely debated welfare effects, food policies based on price and trade restrictions may also accelerate land degradation by promoting expansion of relatively erosive grain crops. The paper explores the welfare and environmental implications of food policies first with a simple heuristic model, then with an applied general equilibrium model. (DSE/DÜI)
Beschreibung:In: World development
ISSN:0305-750X