@article{Haji-Rahimi:246098,
      recid = {246098},
      author = {Haji-Rahimi, Mahmood},
      title = {Comparative Advantage, Self-sufficiency and Food Security  in Iran: Case Study of Wheat Commodity},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Management and  Development (IJAMAD)},
      address = {2014},
      number = {1047-2016-85535},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/246098},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.246098},
}