Causes & Implications of the Food Price Surge

dc.contributor.author	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute	eng
dc.date.issued	2008-12	eng
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyzes the food price surge of 2005 to 2008 in order to better understand the factors causing higher and more volatile food prices during this period, to ascertain the relative importance and possible persistence of the different factors, and to suggest possible implications for future market behavior and policy reactions. Prepared for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs as a contribution to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2659	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute publications (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	FAPRI‐MU Report ; #12 08	eng
dc.subject	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)	eng
dc.subject.discipline	Food and agricultural policy	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Food prices	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Food prices -- Statistics	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Food prices -- Forecasting	eng
dc.title	Causes & Implications of the Food Price Surge	eng
dc.type	Technical Report	eng

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