A method for estimating global trade in value added within agriculture and food value chains

Global Value Chains (GVCs) have transformed production across a broad range of goods and services worldwide. Although the development of GVCs has occurred in agro-food sectors alongside other sectors, less is known about the trade that occurs within agro-food GVCs due to limited information on flows...

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Published inOECD food, agriculture and fisheries working papers no. 99; p. 0_1
Main Authors Greenville, Jared, Beaujeu, Raphaeel
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published OECD Publishing 27.02.2017
SeriesOECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
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Summary:Global Value Chains (GVCs) have transformed production across a broad range of goods and services worldwide. Although the development of GVCs has occurred in agro-food sectors alongside other sectors, less is known about the trade that occurs within agro-food GVCs due to limited information on flows of trade in value added. This study develops an approach to calculate disaggregated indicators of GVC participation in agro-food sectors in both developed and developing countries. Specifically, the approach exploits the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database to construct an inter-country input-output (ICIO) table for the year 2011. The resulting ICIO is used to compute indicators of GVC participation based on the concept of vertical specialisation – forward and backward participation – across 20 agro-food sectors in 70 countries and/or regions. Estimates of domestic value added in exports and final demand or agro-food products, including the contribution of all industries, are also presented.
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ISSN:1815-6797
DOI:10.1787/f3a84910-en