India’s trade potential and export opportunities for spices

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Potential of Essential Oils of Five Spices

Background: Essential Oils (EOs) of spices may serve as a potential source of antibacterial and antioxidant agents due to the presence of a diverse group of phytochemicals. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to seek EOs from five commonly used spices that have both strong antibacterial and antioxidant potential to shed some light on these important aspects. Methods: In vitr...

Trade openness, export diversification, and political regimes

Recent studies have challenged the view that trade openness leads to more specialization in countries’ trade. Using a panel of 116 countries over 35 years, we show that openness can be positively associated with both specialization and diversification, depending on the measure used. Moreover, for developing countries in our sample, the effect of openness on trade structure depends on the type o...

Foreign Exchange Pass-Through and the Potential Use of Grain Export-Denominated Trade Weighted Indices by

The Potential Impact on Farmer Health of Enhanced Export Horticultural Trade between the U.K. and Uganda

The export of vegetables from African countries to European markets presents consumers with an ethical dilemma: should they support local, but relatively well-off farmers, or poorer farmers from distant countries? This paper considers the issue of farm worker health in the U.K. and Uganda, and considers the dilemma facing U.K. consumers if Uganda achieves their aim of exporting more vegetables ...

Potential health benefits of major seed spices

The seed spices constitute an important group of agricultural commodities and play a significant role in our national economy. Historically, India has always been recognized as a land of spices. The crops covered as major seed spices are coriander, cumin, and fennel are the member of umbelliferae and fenugreek is belongs to family Fabaceae. These spices are collections of a wide variety of vola...