This edition’s highlights include: In Eastern Africa, cereal prices generally fell for the second consecutive month, […]
The October 2011 Crops Prospects and Food Situation provides an update on commodity price development, regional […]
While this SOFI doesn’t update the number of hungry people which for 2010 remains at 925 […]
Africa’s exposure to different commodity classes require differentiated strategies to address the problem of commodity price […]
The main document discusses what food security is, highlights the heterogeneity of food insecurity situations, and […]
The dramatic rise in crop prices that occurred in the fall of 2006 was the beginning […]
High and volatile commodity prices have returned as a significant global issue, with the prices of […]
The utility maximization problem of a grain producer is formulated and solved numerically under prospect theory […]
In the long view, recent grain price volatility is not anomalous. Wheat, rice, and maize are […]
Agricultural and energy commodity prices have traditionally exhibited relatively low correlation. However, recent increases in biofuel […]
Recent bouts of extreme price volatility in global agricultural markets portend rising and more frequent threats […]