The role of policy and industry structure in India's oilseed markets / Suresh Persaud and Maurice R. Landes.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Persaud, Suresh Chand, 1969-

Contributor:

Landes, Maurice

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service

Series:

Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 17.

Economic research report ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil industries--India.

Oil industries.

Oilseed plants--Processing--India.

Oilseed plants.

Agriculture and state--India.

Agriculture and state.

Free trade--India.

Free trade.

India.

Physical Description:

iv, 52 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2006]

Summary:

High tariff and nontariff protection of the Indian oilseed sector imposes costs on consumers, supports an inefficient processing industry, and has led to negligible gains in oilseed output. Model-based simulations indicate that higher levels of protection would increase the burden on consumers, but do little to meet key policy goals of supporting producers and reducing import dependence. A shift to direct support of oilseed producer prices would increase output, but may be complex to implement and subject to WTO discipline. Liberalization of oilseed imports, by permitting large gains in processing efficiency, could generate a stream of benefits that would allow producers, consumers, and processors to be better off, and also improve the trade balance.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on July 22, 2008).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36).

Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C.? : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, ERS], Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: PDF reader.

Other Format:

Role of policy and industry structure in India's oilseed markets.

OCLC:

70106665