The fight against food shortages and surpluses : perspectives of a practitioner / John McClintock.

Par : Contributeur(s) : Type de matériel : TexteTexteÉditeur : Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, [2020]Date du droit d'auteur : �2020Description : 1 online resource (xv, 181 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsType de contenu :
  • text
Type de média :
  • computer
Type de support :
  • online resource
ISBN :
  • 9781786394859
  • 9781786394866
Sujet(s) : Disponible sous un autre format : Print version:: Fight against food shortages and surpluses.Classification CDD :
  • 331.1/331 23
Classification de la Bibliothèque du Congrès :
  • HD9000.4 .M335 2020eb
Ressources en ligne : Autres formats physiques disponibles :
  • Also available in print format.
Dépouillement complet :
Grain in the world -- The pattern of grain prices -- The root cause of unstable grain prices -- Unstable grain prices: Who wins? Who loses? -- Stabilizing grain prices in a closed economy -- A model of the international grain market -- Stabilizing grain prices in an open economy -- Buffer stocks: technical and legal aspects -- Attitudes towards price stabilization and buffer stocks.
Résumé : This book explores what governments and regional organizations can do to keep the price of agricultural commodities stable on their own national markets if the world price becomes too high or too low. It focuses on one group of agricultural commodities - food grains. The book advocates the deployment of public grain stocks to stabilize market prices while retaining the important messages of longer-term price trends. The book has 11 chapters and a subject index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book explores what governments and regional organizations can do to keep the price of agricultural commodities stable on their own national markets if the world price becomes too high or too low. It focuses on one group of agricultural commodities - food grains. The book advocates the deployment of public grain stocks to stabilize market prices while retaining the important messages of longer-term price trends. The book has 11 chapters and a subject index.

Grain in the world -- The pattern of grain prices -- The root cause of unstable grain prices -- Unstable grain prices: Who wins? Who loses? -- Stabilizing grain prices in a closed economy -- A model of the international grain market -- Stabilizing grain prices in an open economy -- Buffer stocks: technical and legal aspects -- Attitudes towards price stabilization and buffer stocks.

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