How volatile are African food prices?

Instability in the price of staple foods is an important source of risk in developing countries. This is particularly true in Africa south of the Sahara because of the low incomes of many African households. Poor urban households allocate a large share of their income to food, so food price volatili...

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Autor principal: Minot, Nicholas
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153490
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description Instability in the price of staple foods is an important source of risk in developing countries. This is particularly true in Africa south of the Sahara because of the low incomes of many African households. Poor urban households allocate a large share of their income to food, so food price volatility affects their purchasing power. Many poor rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood, so they too are directly influenced by food price volatility.
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spelling CGSpace1534902025-11-06T04:37:02Z How volatile are African food prices? Minot, Nicholas food prices price volatility commodities cowpeas maize rice wheat trade commodity markets Instability in the price of staple foods is an important source of risk in developing countries. This is particularly true in Africa south of the Sahara because of the low incomes of many African households. Poor urban households allocate a large share of their income to food, so food price volatility affects their purchasing power. Many poor rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood, so they too are directly influenced by food price volatility. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:23Z 2024-10-01T13:56:23Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153490 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154137 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Minot, Nicholas 2013. How volatile are African food prices? IFPRI Research Brief 19. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153490
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rice
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Minot, Nicholas
How volatile are African food prices?
title How volatile are African food prices?
title_full How volatile are African food prices?
title_fullStr How volatile are African food prices?
title_full_unstemmed How volatile are African food prices?
title_short How volatile are African food prices?
title_sort how volatile are african food prices
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price volatility
commodities
cowpeas
maize
rice
wheat
trade
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