The Application of International Trade Theories to Agriculture

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/8287/7951" target="_blank" >http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/8287/7951</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s4p209" target="_blank" >10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s4p209</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Application of International Trade Theories to Agriculture

Original language description

International trade in agriculture has recently been recognized as an important driver of economic growth, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where agriculture is the major export products. This paper surveys a broad range of both traditional and modern theories of trade with reference to agriculture. Historically, trade in agrarian products was concentrated on comparative and factor endowment models. The application of modern theories in agriculture has been increasing in recent years. In this survey, it could be concluded that those models help in explaining the current patterns or the factor content of trade. All the theories appear to be less relevant in SSA countries than in industrialized countries. For instance, even though agriculture is the primary employer of labour, principal export commodities from the SSA countries, they are not the top major exporters of agricultural products. Instead, some of them are net importers of food and agricultural products. This is partly, d

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GA - Agricultural economics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

ISSN

2039-9340

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

209-219

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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