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024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13084107
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_aFathelrahman, E.
245 1 0 _aFood trade openness and enhancement of food security—Partial equilibrium model simulations for selected countries
260 _aBasel (Switzerland) :
_bMDPI,
_c2021.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aThis research measured the welfare impacts of food trade liberalization in India, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the partial equilibrium model—World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS). Macroeconomic settings, domestic policy objectives, and food security indicator data are used to assess the implications of the simulations on food availability and stability. Simulation results for India, Egypt, and Pakistan indicate annual welfare gains (consumer surplus) of 2571, 340, and 25 million USD, respectively, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE have gains of 14 and 17 million USD. Results show that tariff elimination would have wide-ranging welfare impacts across food commodities within these countries. Moreover, reductions for specific commodities directly relevant to food energy and protein availability would have a greater direct impact on the poor. Lowering the highest tariffs on those commodities might raise the real incomes of more than 350 million persons by 7.5% or more and could create shifts in consumption towards more diversified and nutritionally sound diets.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _915297
_aAgrifood sector
_2AGROVOC
650 7 _94757
_aAgricultural trade
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650 7 _91118
_aFood security
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650 7 _99204
_aTrade
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650 7 _92785
_aConsumers
_2AGROVOC
650 7 _924009
_aTariffs
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650 7 _92569
_aSimulation models
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700 1 _aDavies, S.
_924010
700 1 _aMuhammad, S.
_924011
773 0 _gv. 13, no. 8, art. 4107
_dBasel (Switzerland) : MDPI, 2021.
_x2071-1050
_tSustainability
856 4 _yClick here to access online
_uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13084107
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