TITLE: New issues in agricultural, food and bioenergy trade
ACRONYM: AGFOODTRADE
FROM: 01/05/2008
TO: 30/09/2011
ABSTRACT: International trade reflects complex dynamic processes driven by demographic, socio-economic, technological and political changes. Therefore, future evolution of world markets is highly uncertain.
The project builds on past research but emphasizes issues usually overlooked by standard assessments of trade liberalization such as:
- the impact of demand from energy markets which could affect agriculture and reverse the decline of real farm product prices;
- the demographic changes, which in some developing and transition countries modify - the demand for food, especially that for industrial food processing;
- the concentration of firms in many global markets, which could modify the expected size and distribution of gains from trade liberalization among stakeholders;
- the impact of trade liberalization on price volatility, which is a key concern but remains to be thoroughly evaluated.
PROJECT REFERENCE: 212036
TOTAL COST: € 3 738 288
EU CONTRIBUTION: € 2 866 478
COORDINATOR: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE - FRANCE
PARTICIPANTS:
CENTRE D'INFORMATION ET DE RECHERCHE SUR L'ECONOMIE MONDIALE -
FRANCE
THE PROVOST FELLOWS & SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN - IRELAND
KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET - DENMARK
UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA - ITALIA
VITAMIB SAS - FRANCE
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE – JRC - BELGIUM
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE – IFPRI - UNITED STATES
SLOVENSKA POLNOHOSPODARSKA UNIVERSITA V NITRE (SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IN NITRA) - SLOVAK REPUBLIC
CENTRE D'ETUDES PROSPECTIVES ET D'INFORMATIONS INTERNATIONALES - FRANCE
INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES - SENEGAL
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE - ITALY
WYZSZA SZKOLA EKONOMICZNA W BIALYMSTOKU – POLAND
UNIMOL REFERENCE AND CONTACT:
Prof. Marco Sarchiapone – EGSI, email: pozzolo@unimol.it , Tel. +39 0874404338
