The rice crisis : markets, policies and food security
Examines how government policies caused and responded to soaring world prices in the particular case of rice. This book includes comparable case studies of policy reactions in different countries that provide the understanding necessary to evaluate the impact of trade policy on the food security of...
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London ; Washington, DC :
Earthscan ,
2010
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Food crises past, present (and future?) : will we ever learn?
- 2. The world rice market crisis of 2007-2008
- 3. Did speculation affect world rice prices?
- 4. Trade-related policies to ensure food (rice) security in Asia
- 5. Volatility in rice prices and policy responses in Bangladesh
- 6. Indonesia's rice policy and price stabilization programmed : managing domestic prices during the 2008 crisis
- 7. Rice crisis in the Philippines : why did it occur and what are its policy implications?
- 8. West African experience with the world rice crisis, 2007-2008
- 9. Rice in Africa : will imports continue to grow?
- 10. The political economy of Thailand's rice industry during the global food crisis
- 11. The Vietnamese rice industry during the global food crisis
- 12. Rice production in Cambodia : will exports continue to grow
- 13. How China stabilized grain prices during the global price crisis
- 14. Rice policies in India in the context of the global rice price spike
- 15. Japan's rice policy and its role in the world rice market : Japan should act as a watchdog
- 16. The 'diplomatic crop' or how the US provided critical leadership in ending the rice crisis
- 17. Can the next rice crisis be prevented?