Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity

Food security has a dynamic notion during the time and may be affected by various domestic and global factors. Nevertheless, Iranian policy makers consider food security as same as self-sufficiency in agricultural food products, particularly wheat production. However, self-sufficiency can contri...

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Main Author: Mahmood Haji-Rahimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University 2014-09-01
Series:International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
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Online Access:http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/4(3)/IJAMADSeptember2014P203.pdf
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spelling doaj-66ab7f3e48bc4710854553e37238c6332020-11-24T23:12:52ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58602014-09-0143203210Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat CommodityMahmood Haji-Rahimi0Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.Food security has a dynamic notion during the time and may be affected by various domestic and global factors. Nevertheless, Iranian policy makers consider food security as same as self-sufficiency in agricultural food products, particularly wheat production. However, self-sufficiency can contribute to food security only if it is in coincidences with comparative advantage and sustainable resource management. The present study aims to investigate the coincidences of self-sufficiency and comparative advantage and the real impact of selfsufficiency on net social benefit as a measure of food security; by developing a Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to analyze the trend of comparative advantage and self-sufficiency measures for the past decade. The data for wheat input-output quantities and their domestic prices during the period of study were obtained from production and cost system of agricultural products, and other relevant information collected from World Bank statistics and FAO database. The results showed that the self-sufficiency policy through price supports, inputs and credit subsidies and research and extension programs, has increased the physical productivity of wheat farms as well as increased the area under cultivation. However, the net social profit of wheat production was negative during the period of study, indicating a negative effect of self-sufficiency policy on the food security.http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/4(3)/IJAMADSeptember2014P203.pdfFood securityComparative advantageNet social benefit
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Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
Food security
Comparative advantage
Net social benefit
author_facet Mahmood Haji-Rahimi
author_sort Mahmood Haji-Rahimi
title Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
title_short Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
title_full Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
title_fullStr Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity
title_sort comparative advantage, self-sufficiency and food security in iran: case study of wheat commodity
publisher Islamic Azad University
series International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
issn 2159-5852
2159-5860
publishDate 2014-09-01
description Food security has a dynamic notion during the time and may be affected by various domestic and global factors. Nevertheless, Iranian policy makers consider food security as same as self-sufficiency in agricultural food products, particularly wheat production. However, self-sufficiency can contribute to food security only if it is in coincidences with comparative advantage and sustainable resource management. The present study aims to investigate the coincidences of self-sufficiency and comparative advantage and the real impact of selfsufficiency on net social benefit as a measure of food security; by developing a Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to analyze the trend of comparative advantage and self-sufficiency measures for the past decade. The data for wheat input-output quantities and their domestic prices during the period of study were obtained from production and cost system of agricultural products, and other relevant information collected from World Bank statistics and FAO database. The results showed that the self-sufficiency policy through price supports, inputs and credit subsidies and research and extension programs, has increased the physical productivity of wheat farms as well as increased the area under cultivation. However, the net social profit of wheat production was negative during the period of study, indicating a negative effect of self-sufficiency policy on the food security.
topic Food security
Comparative advantage
Net social benefit
url http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/4(3)/IJAMADSeptember2014P203.pdf
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