A review of The National and International Agro‐Food Policies and Institutions in Egypt

Soliman, Ibrahim and Mashhour, Ahmed and Gaber, Mohamed (2011): A review of The National and International Agro‐Food Policies and Institutions in Egypt. Published in: Sustainmed Project  ‐  D09 / WP2T2, Report on Global and Sectorial Policies in the MPCs A Working Paper on Review of The National and International agro-food Policies and Institutions in the Mediterranean Region. (16 January 2012): pp. 163-250.

Abstract

The study presents an analytical profile for the performance and policies of the agro‐food sector in the Egyptian economy and rural society, the agro‐food industry, the agro‐food production and consumption, the agricultural sector Structure and policies. In addition, the study concerned the agro‐food trade performance and policies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Egypt, agro-food policies, agro‐food sector
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F63 - Economic Development; P - Economic Systems > P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions > P33 - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid; P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P45 - International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy

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