Changing patterns of variability in cereal prices and production

The substantial growth in world cereal production of the past two and onehalf decades has been accompanied by a widening band of variability around the trend. Although each trough in production has been consistently higher than in all previous downturns, the probability that aggregate production can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hazell, Peter B. R.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161120
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Summary:The substantial growth in world cereal production of the past two and onehalf decades has been accompanied by a widening band of variability around the trend. Although each trough in production has been consistently higher than in all previous downturns, the probability that aggregate production can fall substantially below trend has increased since the 1960s.