Foodgrain price and trade policy in the Dominican Republic |
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Authors: | Benjamin Senauer |
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Institution: | Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | As in many developing countries, the Dominican Republic has both an overvalued official foreign exchange rate and a policy of heavy government intervention in foodgrain markets. The Institute of Price Stabilization (INESPRE) controls the marketing, pricing and imports of the staple foodgrain, rice. INESPRE's operations and the overvalued currency produced an undervaluation of domestic rice production and an upward distortion of foodgrain imports. Additionally, the increasingly unfavourable rice-fertilizer price ratio has undoubtedly suppressed yields. As part of a set of austerity measures, the newly elected President banned rice imports. Dominican foodgrain policy may be at an important crossroads and a policy assessment is very timely. |
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Keywords: | Agricultural economics Rice Dominican Republic |
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