Global Agricultural Supply and Demand - Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices - Bog af Ronald Trostle - Paperback

Global Agricultural Supply and Demand - Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices - Ronald Trostle

World market prices for major food commodities such as grains and vegetable oils have risen sharply to historic highs of more than 60 percent above levels just 2 years ago. Many factors have contributed to the runup in food commodity prices. Some factors reflect trends of slower growth in production and more rapid growth in demand, which have contributed to a tightening of world balances of grains and oilseeds over the last decade. Recent factors that have further tightened world markets include..