World food price bubble and China's food security

The price of nearly every agricultural commodity sharply increased in 2008, creating a global food price bubble. At their peaks in the second quarter of 2008, world prices of wheat and maize were three times higher than at the beginning of 2003, and the price of rice was five times higher (Figure 1-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: You, Liangzhi
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152660

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