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Emily Schmidt is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her most recent research explores household livelihood strategies in Papua New Guinea, including linkages between agriculture, poverty, and nutrition outcomes among rural smallholder farmers.

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From farm to table: Agrifood systems and trade challenges in the Southern Cone

2023Piñeiro, Valeria; Piñeiro, Martín; Bianchi, Eduardo; Elverdin, Pablo; Illescas, Nelson; Papendieck, Sabine; Pascuzzi, Nieves; Rodriguez, Augustín Tejeda
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From farm to table: Agrifood systems and trade challenges in the Southern Cone

Food production includes a complex and varied set of agricultural and nonagricultural activities, involving a growing number of sectors and actors that influence the way food is produced, processed, distributed, and consumed. Recently, and especially after the 2021 United Nation Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), it has been proposed that this conglomerate of activities and socioeconomic actors be jointly identified as food systems. National food systems, which exist in each country, are interrelated through trade and other factors with regional food systems and finally with the global food system. The concept of food systems has been adopted as a useful tool for understanding the multiple and complex interrelations between different production, distribution, and trade partners and for adjusting policy analysis and design to this complex world. The discussions and documentation prepared during the UNFSS process brought to public attention not only the utility and complexity of this concept but also some of the shortcomings of current food production practices. The summit also highlighted an urgent need to establish processes for identifying such shortcomings, their relative importance, and possible measures that would lead to the transformation of national food systems and the global food system.

Year published

2023

Authors

Piñeiro, Valeria; Piñeiro, Martín; Bianchi, Eduardo; Elverdin, Pablo; Illescas, Nelson; Papendieck, Sabine; Pascuzzi, Nieves; Rodriguez, Augustín Tejeda

Citation

Piñeiro, Valeria; Piñeiro, Martín; Bianchi, Eduardo; Elverdin, Pablo; Illescas, Nelson; Papendieck, Sabine; Pascuzzi, Nieves; and Rodriguez, Augustín Tejeda. 2023. From farm to table: Agrifood systems and trade challenges in the Southern Cone. LAC Working Paper 30. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137016.

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Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

Keywords

Americas; South America; Food Production; Agriculture; Food Systems; Trade; Agrifood Systems

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English

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Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137016 Source record

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National Policies and Strategies

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Working Paper

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Book Chapter

Can agricultural exports from Southern Cone countries make up for global supply disruptions arising from the Russia-Ukraine war?

2023Glauber, Joseph W.; Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria; Tejeda, Agustín
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Can agricultural exports from Southern Cone countries make up for global supply disruptions arising from the Russia-Ukraine war?

The economies of the Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay), major agricultural exporters still recovering from the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have benefited from the rise in international prices accompanying the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With the war disrupting global supplies, the net exporting countries of the region have the opportunity to increase their exports. If these countries, especially Mercosur members, can boost production enough to offset the loss of Ukraine exports, it would go a long way toward stabilizing markets and world food security. However, like the rest of the world, these countries are operating in the difficult current environment of global economic slowdown, rising energy and fertilizer prices, and rising inflation. In this post, we examine responses of Southern Cone countries to the disruptions in agricultural markets caused by the war, and their prospects going forward.

Year published

2023

Authors

Glauber, Joseph W.; Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria; Tejeda, Agustín

Citation

Glauber, Joseph W.; Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria; and Tejeda, Agustín. 2023. Can agricultural exports from Southern Cone countries make up for global supply disruptions arising from the Russia-Ukraine war? In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Section Four: Country Impacts and Responses: Latin America, Chapter 35, Pp. 181-186. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_35.

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Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

Keywords

Latin America; South America; Exports; Shock; Policies; War; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Agriculture; Markets; Trade; Coronavirinae; Russia; Food Security; Ukraine; Conflicts; Coronavirus Disease; Prices; Climate Change

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_35 Source record

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Book Chapter

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Journal Article

International comparison of extension agent objectives and construction of a typology

2021Landini, Fernando; Turner, James A.; Davis, Kristin E.; Percy, Helen; Van Niekerk, Johan
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International comparison of extension agent objectives and construction of a typology

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2021

Authors

Landini, Fernando; Turner, James A.; Davis, Kristin E.; Percy, Helen; Van Niekerk, Johan

Citation

Landini, Fernando; Turner, James A.; Davis, Kristin; Percy, Helen; and Van Niekerk, Johan. 2021. International comparison of extension agent objectives and construction of a typology. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 28(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2021.1936091

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Argentina; Australia; Mexico; Brazil; Chile; New Zealand; Nigeria; Paraguay; South Africa

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Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Northern America; Latin America; South America; Southern Africa; Australia and New Zealand; Central America; Extension; Advisory Services; Agricultural Extension; Agencies; Extension Activities; Typology; Extension Objectives

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English

Access/Licence

Limited Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224x.2021.1936091 Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Journal Article

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Dataset

ASTI Paraguay Database

2016Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
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ASTI Paraguay Database

This dataset includes national-level time series data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, discipline mix, and commodity, as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural research investment across government, higher education, nonprofit, and (where possible) private for-profit agricultural research agencies. These data were derived through a series of primary survey rounds conducted by IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) and in close collaboration with a large network of national collaborators. The ASTI data constitute a powerful resource for national and regional research managers, policymakers, donor organizations, and other stakeholders. ASTI’s key indicators provide both a diagnostic tool for assessing the allocation and use of existing resources and an advocacy tool for increasing resources and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use. The ASTI website offers interactive pages that allow users to access country-level time series data, make cross-country comparisons, create graphs, and download country datasets and publications as well as detailed institutional information on agencies involved in agricultural research. The interactive benchmarking tool on the ASTI website is a convenient map-based instrument allowing users to make cross-country comparisons and rankings based on a wide set of financial and human resource indicators. The detailed ASTI datasets are available in an easy-to-use data download tool. Detailed information on definitions, methodology, and calculation procedures are available at www.asti.cgiar.org

Year published

2016

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Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

Citation

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators. 2016. ASTI Paraguay database. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/paraguay. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/paraguay

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Paraguay

Keywords

Americas; Latin America and the Caribbean; South America; Agricultural Research

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English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-3.0

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Paraguay

2005International Food Policy Research Institute
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A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Paraguay

The 1998 Paraguay Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is based on the 1997-98 integrated household surveys, the matrix for intermediate demand by the Central Bank of Paraguay (CBP), the final demand matrix and total supply matrix constructed also by the CBP, tax information for the principal tax payers reported by the Ministry of Finance (MF) disaggregated in different levels, balance of payments statistics and the national accounts bulletin from the CBP. The SAM distinguishes eight sectors of activities times equal number of commodities. These sectors include (1) primary sector (agriculture, livestock, hunting, mining and fishery), (2) manufactured goods, (3) construction, (4) utilities (electricity and water and sewage), (5) transportation, storage and communications, (6) trade, restaurants and hotels, (7) financial services such us banking, insurance, real state and services provided to the firms, and (8) community, social and personal services.

Year published

2005

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2005. A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) For Paraguay. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/11190. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Paraguay

Keywords

Americas; Latin America and the Caribbean; South America; Financial Institutions; Commodities; Taxes; Households; Transport; Economic Activities; Manufacturing

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-NC-3.0

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Source record

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