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Governments in developing countries have traditionally played a dominant role in foodgrain supply management. The problems and issues raised by this intervention have been analyzed in a number of studies made during the last decade. An understanding of the role that stocks can play for a commodity c...

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Autor principal: Disamwalla, Ammar
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161122
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Sumario:Governments in developing countries have traditionally played a dominant role in foodgrain supply management. The problems and issues raised by this intervention have been analyzed in a number of studies made during the last decade. An understanding of the role that stocks can play for a commodity can be obtained from the following simple identity between aggregate supply and demand.