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| dc.title | Analysis of Agricultural Policies in Trinidad and Tobago |
| dc.contributor.author | Shik, Olga |
| dc.contributor.author | Boyce, Rachel |
| dc.contributor.author | De Salvo, Carmine Paolo |
| dc.contributor.author | Egas, Juan José |
| dc.contributor.editor | Perez, Darrel |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Environment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division |
| dc.coverage | Trinidad and Tobago |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-03T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2018-01-31T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Although the agricultural sector contributes only 0.5% to Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP, it accounts for over 4% of employment and is important for the diversification of the economy. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago supports agriculture through a combination of incentives to agricultural producers, support for research and infrastructure, and border protection measures. Support to producers averaged 22.4% of gross farm receipts in 2013-2015, and a significant share of that support (44%) was provided in the form of transfers to general services. At the same time, total transfers arising from agricultural policy amounted to only 0.34% of the national GDP. Reorienting agricultural policy towards goals and actions that are less production-distorting, and that address agricultural productivity and profitability, will help create a possibly small, but efficient agricultural sector, as well as exploit certain specific competitive advantages. |
| dc.format.extent | 104 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001101 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Analysis-of-Agricultural-Policies-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Agricultural Policy |
| dc.subject | Agriculture and Food Security |
| dc.subject | Agriculture Support |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q01 - Sustainable Development |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing • Cooperatives • Agribusiness |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy |
| dc.type | Monographs |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Monographs |
| idb.operation | RG-T2622 |