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Dollar store impact on local labor markets and retail activity 一元店对当地劳动力市场和零售活动的影响

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102827

Lauren Chenarides , Timothy J. Richards , Zachariah Rutledge , John Pender

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Role of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in enhancing sustainable humanitarian assistance: Evidence from orange-fleshed sweetpotato interventions in Kenya 营养敏感型农业在加强可持续人道主义援助中的作用：来自肯尼亚橙皮甘薯干预措施的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102834

Chalmers K. Mulwa , Fredrick Grant , Marcel Gatto , Mukani Moyo , Dorcas Amunga , Norman Kwikiriza , Jack Malit , Julius J. Okello , Joyce Maru , Hugo Campos , Simon Heck

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Deconstructing fertilizer price spikes: Evidence from Chinese urea fertilizer market 解构肥料价格飙升：来自中国尿素肥料市场的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102829

Zhepeng Hu , Lei Yan , Jinghong Yuan , Xiaoli Etienne

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India’s export restrictions and response of African and Asian retail rice prices 印度的出口限制及对非洲和亚洲大米零售价格的反应

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102832

Ronald Jeremy S. Antonio , Ashok K. Mishra , David Dawe , Valerien O. Pede

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Fish as food: Prioritizing domestic fish consumption to reduce the health burden 鱼类作为食物：优先消费国内鱼类，以减轻健康负担

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102828

Shujuan Xia , Jun’ya Takakura , Kazuaki Tsuchiya , Takashi Yamakawa , Wenchao Wu , Chae Yeon Park , Tomoko Hasegawa , Shinichiro Fujimori , Kiyoshi Takahashi

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Input subsidies, fertilizer intensity and imbalances amidst climate change: Evidence from Bangladesh 气候变化中的投入补贴、肥料强度和失衡：来自孟加拉国的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102825

Jaweriah Hazrana , Aaisha Nazrana , Ashok K. Mishra

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Fertilizer policy reforms in the midst of crisis: Evidence from Rwanda 危机中的肥料政策改革：来自卢旺达的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102823

David J. Spielman , Serge Mugabo , Gracie Rosenbach , Sosthene Ndikumana , Gilberthe Benimana , Chantal Ingabire

{"title":"Fertilizer policy reforms in the midst of crisis: Evidence from Rwanda","authors":"David J. Spielman , Serge Mugabo , Gracie Rosenbach , Sosthene Ndikumana , Gilberthe Benimana , Chantal Ingabire","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fertilizer subsidies are a prominent feature of many agricultural development strategies in sub-Saharan Africa, but few countries have the necessary data to make rapid decisions about their management in the face of exogenous shocks. This was the case in Rwanda following the rapid increase in international fertilizer prices in 2021–22. Working within a constrained fiscal space that followed the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Rwanda aimed to revise its fertilizer subsidy system to accommodate higher fertilizer import pric-es without compromising progress against its agricultural growth targets. This paper explores both the economic analysis and policy process that shaped decision-making around Rwanda’s fertilizer subsidy system during the period 2020–23. The paper centers on the design and application of a microsimulation model that estimated—almost in real time—the impact of increased fertilizer prices on crop production during this period. It then explores the policy outcomes that followed, emphasizing the scope for subsidy reductions even in the midst of crisis, the critical importance of strengthening agricultural data systems, and lessons for countries facing similar challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 102823"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143438224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrigendum to ”On the emission and distributional effects of a CO2eq-tax on agricultural goods—The case of Germany” [Food Policy 130 (2025) 102794] “关于二氧化碳排放税对农产品的排放和分配影响——以德国为例”的勘误表[食品政策130 (2025)102794]

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102818

Julian Schaper , Max Franks , Nicolas Koch , Charlotte Plinke , Michael Sureth

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Cutting VAT rate on food products in a high-inflation environment. Does it work out? 在高通胀环境下下调食品增值税税率。这行得通吗？

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102816

Krystian Jaworski , Jakub Olipra

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Where to buy and what to eat: The relationship between purchasing channels and nutrient intake in Japan 在哪里买，吃什么：日本的购买渠道与营养摄入的关系

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102831

Ryo Utsunomiya, Tomoaki Nakatani, Yasuhiro Nakashima

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