Agricultural commodities experienced a rise in prices during the first decade of 2000s. The literature shows that monetary policies adopted by developed economies can influence practically all economic indicators developing markets. This paper aims to evaluate effect selected policy measures on three agricultural commodities: soy, corn and sugar. Secondly, study analyzes price formation these p...

Sub Saharan African agriculture is currently facing challenges in international trade with respect to external market access conditions and competition in world markets as a result of trade liberalization efforts under the world trade organization (WTO) agreements and in particular the agreement on agriculture (AoA). This paper presents the performance of agricultural exports for selected count...

Reducing the percentage of Americans who are either overweight or obese to meet public health objectives may influence agricultural production+ The authors’ results show that reducing aggregate consumption by 6% to meet public health objectives with no increase in overall physical activity could reduce production of agricultural commodities and reduce net returns to producers by $3+5 billion+ H...