21 research outputs found
Techniques of fertilizer introduction: a case study of inverted ratio fertilizers
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1968 T66Master of Scienc
Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
Rising food demand, increased energy costs, a weak U.S. dollar, and other factors contributed to the rapid escalation of food commodity prices until July 2008
Why Another Food Commodity Price Spike?
Large and rapid increases have occurred for many food commodity prices during 2010-11. Long-term production and consumption trends underlay rising food commodity prices, but worldwide production shortfalls and changes in trade policies and practices in a number of countries sparked the sharp surge in prices after June 2010. Many of the long-term trends and short-run shocks contributing to the current price surge also played a role in previous price spikes
Factors contributing to the sharp rise, and then fall, in food commodity prices: 2002-2009 (PowerPoint)
Demand and Price Analysis,
Factors Contributing to Recent Increases in Food Commodity Prices (PowerPoint)
Presentation to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC, 10 June 2008Food prices, commodities, biofuels, crop production, food demand, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries, Demand and Price Analysis, Food Security and Poverty, Risk and Uncertainty,