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1、本科毕业论文外文翻译外文题目:AComparativeAdvantageAnalysisofKosovanAgriculture出处:Post-CommunistEconomies,Vol.15,No.3,September,2003作者:JohnLingard原文:AComparativeAdvantageAnalysisofKosovanAgricultureAbstractFollowingthe1999ethnicconflictinKosovabetweenSerbsandKosovarAlbanians,theUNhas
2、beenpromotingagriculturalandruralrecoveryinawar-torn,dividedandvandalisedcountry.Apillarofthiseffortistoprovideloanstofarmersandagri-businessestore-establishagriculturalproductionsoastoencouragemovestowardsreconciliationandapeacefulfuture.Earlyloanswereadvancedtouncomp
3、etitivesectorslikewinewhichhadnorealisticchanceofmakinganyrepayments.Astudywascarriedoutin2002toassessthecompetitivenessofthevariousagriculturalsectorstorapidlyinformfuturelendingprogrammes.Thisarticlereportsthisstudyanditsfindings.Creditshouldonlybeadvancedtosectorsin
4、whichKosovahaspotentialcompetitivenessintermsofitstradeparityprices.Itisshownthat,contrarytocommonbelief,domesticwheatproductioniscompetitive(Table3)andothersectorswithpotentialtosubstituteforimportsincludethemilkindustryandpotatoproduction,butKosovahasfewrealopportuni
5、tiestoexporttocompetitive,internationalmarkets.Thereisashortageofinformationonagriculturalproduction,costsandprices,foodconsumptionpatternsandinternationaltradeinagriculturalandfoodproductsinKosova.Astatisticalinformationsystemisbeingsetuptoimproveavailability,reliabil
6、ityandtimelinessofagriculturalstatisticsbutup-to-dateinformationtoassesscomparativeadvantagesandinternationaltradecompetitivenessisinshortsupply.HistoricallyKosovawasthepoorestprovinceofYugoslavia.In1995itsGDPwaslessthan$400percapita,atwhichtimethevalueofprimaryagricul
7、turalproductionwas$213million,35%ofGDPwhenfoodprocessingandforestryareincluded.Kosovahas400,000haofagriculturalland,85%intheprivatesector,10%inagricultural‘kombinats’andasmallamountinagriculturalco-operatives.Some60%ofthepopulationliveinruralareasalthoughonly15%aresole
8、lydependentonfarmingfortheirlivelihoods.Remittancesfromrelativesandfriendslivingabroadmakeanimportantcontributiontosu