The objectives of this article published in Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies are to develop a partial equilibrium model for a dairy sector according to two approaches—“Quantity Formulation” and “Price Formulation”—and to show their equivalence under the assumption of perfect competition. We introduce the spatial dimension to present the“Price Formulation” approach of models developed by Bouamra et al. (1998) and Abbassi et al. (2008) .

Prof. Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga delivered a presentation on 41st regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda. The presentation covered:

• Kenya’s experience in economic development
• Attempts at diversifying its economic productive base
• Main challenges at diversifying
• Economic policies and reforms undertaken by the Government

This book is a timely and comprehensive analysis of the links between trade and food security, using available data as well as evidence from economic theory and history. It is an edited publication, drawing on expertise from senior staff at the WTO, a wide range of trade academics from both Asia and more widely, and the private sector (although the last possibly a little under represented given the importance of private traders and especially large corporations in the world food trading system).

This research funded by World Trade Organization Chair Program hosted by SQU, and done by Abdallah Akintola under the guidance of Dr Houcine Boughanmi, Dr. Hemesiri Kotagama and Dr. Lokman Zaibet, sought to explore the trade potential of Oman with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) countries, focusing on both total trade and agricultural trade.

African countries offer many investment opportunities and also urgently need global investment finance. Along the value chains of the agro-industrial sector there are many global challenges for African countries to attract foreign direct investment. This article investigates the investment flows in agro-industries and products to and from South Africa. This study evaluates the nature and dimensions of the agro-industrial sector that receive investment inflows in South Africa, as well as investigating South African investment patterns into Africa.

For many years, the European Union has been an important market for agricultural products from Africa. However, African agricultural exporters have often found the European market difficult to access because of a raft of NTMs that add to exporters’ costs. The trouble with NTMs in the agricultural arena is that, while ostensibly used to uphold health and safety standards, they could have an underlying protectionist intent – which is very difficult to prove.

The Sixth Biennial conference on "International Economic Law in Unsettling Times" was organized by SIEL and hosted in American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. from July 12 – 14, 2018. The WTO Chair at FLACSO Argentina participated at the Panel “Interesting Times: “Trade and” the Future of the WTO? organized jointly by the Singapore, Mexican and Turkish WTO Chairs and supported by WTO Chairs’ Advisory Members Mark Wu and Henry Gao. Prof. Delich talked about Trade and Agri Standards: WTO as a Discipline for Fairness and Market Access.