Managing Food Price Volatility: Approaches at the Global, National, and Household Levels
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Peter Timmer gives a background of the price instability problem, general issues to be resolved surrounding price volatility and management, approaches at the local, national and global level to stabilize food prices. (May 26, 2011)
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