Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia

This book challenges policy makers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia to reexamine deep-rooted precepts about their responsibilities. As an essential first step, it calls on them to redefine food security. Fixating on national self-suffi...

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Main Authors: Alavi, Hamid R., Htenas, Aira, Kopicki, Ron, Shepherd, Andrew W., Clarete, Ramon
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
FAO
GDP
WTO
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topic ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRIBUSINESS
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL FEED
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
AQUACULTURE
BANK LOANS
BEEF
CASSAVA
CEREAL PRICES
CEREALS
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
CIMMYT
COMMERCIAL FARMING
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CONTRACT FARMING
CONTRACT FARMING ARRANGEMENTS
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
CORN
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP YIELDS
CROPS
DAIRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC MARKET PRICES
DOMESTIC MARKETS
E-COMMERCE
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENERGY PRICES
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORTS
FAMINE
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMING HOUSEHOLDS
FARMS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER PRICES
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD CRISIS
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
FOOD EMERGENCY
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE STABILITY
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD STAPLES
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOOD SUPPLY
FOOD TRADE
FOODS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FREE TRADE
GDP
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GRAIN
GRAIN PRICES
GRAINS
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HARVESTING
HARVESTS
HYBRID SEED
HYBRID SEEDS
IFPRI
INEFFICIENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
IRRI
LAMB
LAND USE
LARGE MILLS
LIVELIHOODS
LOCAL MILLERS
MAIZE
MAIZE IMPORTS
MAIZE MARKET
MAIZE PRICES
MAIZE PRODUCTION
MAIZE RESEARCH
MAIZE SECTOR
MAIZE SUPPLY
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET DEVELOPMENT
MARKET PERFORMANCE
MEAT
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISING
MILLERS
MILLING EQUIPMENT
MILLING INDUSTRY
MILLING SECTOR
MILLS
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
OILS AND FATS
OPPORTUNITY COST
PADDY
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
PORK
POULTRY
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDEXES
PRICE SETTING
PRICE STABILITY
PRICE STABILIZATION
PRICE SUPPORTS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIVATE MILLS
PRODUCE
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION OF RICE
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
REGIONAL MARKETS
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RETAIL
RETAILING
RICE
RICE MARKETING
RICE MILLING
RICE PRICE
RICE PRICES
RICE PROCUREMENT
RICE PRODUCTION
RICE RESEARCH
RICE TRADE
RUBBER
SALE
SALES
SEED
SEEDS
SIDE EFFECTS
SMALL MILLERS
SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STOCKS
SUGAR
SUPERMARKET
SUPERMARKETS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAINS
TAX EXPENDITURES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
WAREHOUSE
WAREHOUSES
WHEAT
WHITE MAIZE
WHOLESALERS
WORLD MARKET
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
YELLOW MAIZE
YIELDS
spellingShingle ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRIBUSINESS
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL FEED
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
AQUACULTURE
BANK LOANS
BEEF
CASSAVA
CEREAL PRICES
CEREALS
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
CIMMYT
COMMERCIAL FARMING
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CONTRACT FARMING
CONTRACT FARMING ARRANGEMENTS
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
CORN
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP YIELDS
CROPS
DAIRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC MARKET PRICES
DOMESTIC MARKETS
E-COMMERCE
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENERGY PRICES
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORTS
FAMINE
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMING HOUSEHOLDS
FARMS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER PRICES
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD CRISIS
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
FOOD EMERGENCY
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE STABILITY
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD STAPLES
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOOD SUPPLY
FOOD TRADE
FOODS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FREE TRADE
GDP
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GRAIN
GRAIN PRICES
GRAINS
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HARVESTING
HARVESTS
HYBRID SEED
HYBRID SEEDS
IFPRI
INEFFICIENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
IRRI
LAMB
LAND USE
LARGE MILLS
LIVELIHOODS
LOCAL MILLERS
MAIZE
MAIZE IMPORTS
MAIZE MARKET
MAIZE PRICES
MAIZE PRODUCTION
MAIZE RESEARCH
MAIZE SECTOR
MAIZE SUPPLY
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET DEVELOPMENT
MARKET PERFORMANCE
MEAT
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISING
MILLERS
MILLING EQUIPMENT
MILLING INDUSTRY
MILLING SECTOR
MILLS
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
OILS AND FATS
OPPORTUNITY COST
PADDY
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
PORK
POULTRY
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDEXES
PRICE SETTING
PRICE STABILITY
PRICE STABILIZATION
PRICE SUPPORTS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIVATE MILLS
PRODUCE
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION OF RICE
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
REGIONAL MARKETS
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RETAIL
RETAILING
RICE
RICE MARKETING
RICE MILLING
RICE PRICE
RICE PRICES
RICE PROCUREMENT
RICE PRODUCTION
RICE RESEARCH
RICE TRADE
RUBBER
SALE
SALES
SEED
SEEDS
SIDE EFFECTS
SMALL MILLERS
SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STOCKS
SUGAR
SUPERMARKET
SUPERMARKETS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAINS
TAX EXPENDITURES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
WAREHOUSE
WAREHOUSES
WHEAT
WHITE MAIZE
WHOLESALERS
WORLD MARKET
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
YELLOW MAIZE
YIELDS
Alavi, Hamid R.
Htenas, Aira
Kopicki, Ron
Shepherd, Andrew W.
Clarete, Ramon
Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
geographic_facet South Asia
Southeast Asia
relation Direction in Development ; trade
description This book challenges policy makers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia to reexamine deep-rooted precepts about their responsibilities. As an essential first step, it calls on them to redefine food security. Fixating on national self-sufficiency has been costly and counterproductive. In its stead, coordination and cooperation can both improve rice production at home and structure expanding regional trade. To enhance regional food security through quantitative and qualitative gains in rice production, policy makers cannot solely rely on government programs. They need to also enlist private investors both as entrepreneurs and as partners who can bring capital, energy, modern technology, and experienced management into sustained efforts to reduce losses and heighten efficiency in supply chains. For such investors and participants to enter vigorously into the rice sector from which they have long held back, they will need a number of incentives, among them a confidence that the regional market for rice will evolve toward a structured, liberalized market shielded from the unilateral government interventions that have distorted it in the past and continue to do so in the present. The study's findings make it clear that current rice sector policies are not achieving their desired goals. Its examination of the 2007-08 food crises found, in fact, that government policies and panicky responses were the primary factors behind soaring (and later diminishing) rice prices. Those policies vary, but they share a common premise: food security depends, first of all, on self-sufficiency in rice. That premise has driven government intervention for decades, and unpredictable government intervention, in turn, has been a significant factor in making the rice sector too risky to attract significant private investment. The transition that this study urges will be difficult and, of necessity, slow to gain momentum. Nevertheless, it is already beginning. The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working to liberalize trade in the region. The study is, in fact, intended to assist in implementing policy objectives outlined in the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) framework and in the strategic plan of action on food security in the ASEAN Region 2009-2013, in which the heads of member states pledged to embrace food security as a matter of permanent and high priority.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Alavi, Hamid R.
Htenas, Aira
Kopicki, Ron
Shepherd, Andrew W.
Clarete, Ramon
author_facet Alavi, Hamid R.
Htenas, Aira
Kopicki, Ron
Shepherd, Andrew W.
Clarete, Ramon
author_sort Alavi, Hamid R.
title Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
title_short Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
title_full Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
title_fullStr Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
title_sort trusting trade and the private sector for food security in southeast asia
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20111209013229
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2384
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spelling okr-10986-23842021-04-23T14:02:01Z Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia Alavi, Hamid R. Htenas, Aira Kopicki, Ron Shepherd, Andrew W. Clarete, Ramon ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL PRODUCTS AQUACULTURE BANK LOANS BEEF CASSAVA CEREAL PRICES CEREALS CERTIFICATION STANDARDS CIMMYT COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CONTRACT FARMING CONTRACT FARMING ARRANGEMENTS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CORN CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPS DAIRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKET PRICES DOMESTIC MARKETS E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENERGY PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTS FAMINE FAO FARM FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING HOUSEHOLDS FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER PRICES FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CHAIN FOOD CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD EMERGENCY FOOD GRAINS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE STABILITY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAPLES FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FOOD TRADE FOODS FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GRAIN GRAIN PRICES GRAINS GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HARVESTING HARVESTS HYBRID SEED HYBRID SEEDS IFPRI INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES INVENTORY IRRI LAMB LAND USE LARGE MILLS LIVELIHOODS LOCAL MILLERS MAIZE MAIZE IMPORTS MAIZE MARKET MAIZE PRICES MAIZE PRODUCTION MAIZE RESEARCH MAIZE SECTOR MAIZE SUPPLY MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET PERFORMANCE MEAT MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISING MILLERS MILLING EQUIPMENT MILLING INDUSTRY MILLING SECTOR MILLS MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY OILS AND FATS OPPORTUNITY COST PADDY POOR HOUSEHOLDS PORK POULTRY PRICE INDEX PRICE INDEXES PRICE SETTING PRICE STABILITY PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE SUPPORTS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE MILLS PRODUCE PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION OF RICE PROFIT MAXIMIZATION REGIONAL MARKETS REGULATORY SYSTEMS RETAIL RETAILING RICE RICE MARKETING RICE MILLING RICE PRICE RICE PRICES RICE PROCUREMENT RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH RICE TRADE RUBBER SALE SALES SEED SEEDS SIDE EFFECTS SMALL MILLERS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SOYBEAN SPREAD STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STOCKS SUGAR SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TAX EXPENDITURES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSES WHEAT WHITE MAIZE WHOLESALERS WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YELLOW MAIZE YIELDS This book challenges policy makers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia to reexamine deep-rooted precepts about their responsibilities. As an essential first step, it calls on them to redefine food security. Fixating on national self-sufficiency has been costly and counterproductive. In its stead, coordination and cooperation can both improve rice production at home and structure expanding regional trade. To enhance regional food security through quantitative and qualitative gains in rice production, policy makers cannot solely rely on government programs. They need to also enlist private investors both as entrepreneurs and as partners who can bring capital, energy, modern technology, and experienced management into sustained efforts to reduce losses and heighten efficiency in supply chains. For such investors and participants to enter vigorously into the rice sector from which they have long held back, they will need a number of incentives, among them a confidence that the regional market for rice will evolve toward a structured, liberalized market shielded from the unilateral government interventions that have distorted it in the past and continue to do so in the present. The study's findings make it clear that current rice sector policies are not achieving their desired goals. Its examination of the 2007-08 food crises found, in fact, that government policies and panicky responses were the primary factors behind soaring (and later diminishing) rice prices. Those policies vary, but they share a common premise: food security depends, first of all, on self-sufficiency in rice. That premise has driven government intervention for decades, and unpredictable government intervention, in turn, has been a significant factor in making the rice sector too risky to attract significant private investment. The transition that this study urges will be difficult and, of necessity, slow to gain momentum. Nevertheless, it is already beginning. The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working to liberalize trade in the region. The study is, in fact, intended to assist in implementing policy objectives outlined in the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) framework and in the strategic plan of action on food security in the ASEAN Region 2009-2013, in which the heads of member states pledged to embrace food security as a matter of permanent and high priority. 2012-03-19T09:05:17Z 2012-03-19T09:05:17Z 2012 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20111209013229 978-0-8213-8626-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2384 English Direction in Development ; trade CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Southeast Asia