Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kalkuhl, Matthias (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), von Braun, Joachim (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Torero, Maximo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Food > Biotechnology.; International law.; Trade.; Industrial organization.; International economics.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; Food Science.; Industrial Organization.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; International Economics.

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Part I: Food Price Volatility at International Food Commodity markets
• Part II: Commodity and Financial Market Linkages
• Part 3: National and Regional Response to Food Price volatility
• Part IV: the Micro-Economics of Price risk, volatility and Price shocks: Household, Firms and Communities.