1st Edition
Agricultural Markets Instability Revisiting the Recent Food Crises
1. Scope and Objectives
Alberto Garrido, Robert M'Barek, Isabel Bardají, Miranda Meuwissen, Cristian Morales-Opazo and José María Sumpsi
Part 1: Literature Reviews and New Findings
2. Volatility in the After-crisis Period: A Literature Review of Recent Empirical Research
Bernhard Brümmer, Olaf Korn, Kristina Schlüßler, Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani and Alberto Saucedo
3. Has Agricultural Price Volatility Increased since 2007?
Bernhard Brümmer, Ayca Donmez, Tinoush Jamali Jagdhani, Olaf Korn, Emiliano Magrini and Kristina Schlüssler
4. Medium-term Drivers of Food Markets Variability and Uncertainty
Sergio Rene Araujo Enciso, Maria Blanco, Marco Artavia, Fabien Ramos, Robert M'Barek, Ben Van Doorslaer, Lucian Stanca and Ayca Donmez
5. Transparency of Food Pricing in the European Union
Steve McCorriston and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
6. A Review of the Role of Contextual Factors on Price Volatility Transmission in Food Supply Chains
Tsion Taye Assefa, Miranda Meuwissen and Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink
7. Impacts of Increased Food Prices and Volatility on Consumers and Households
Sol García-Germán, Cristian Morales-Opazo, Alberto Garrido, Emiliano Magrini, Jean Balié and Isabel Bardají
Part 2: The Views of Some Stakeholders
8. Are Derivatives Introducing Distortions in Agricultural Markets?
Adamo Uboldi
9. The View of Farmers: German Pig Producers
Torsten Staack
10. Mitigating the Effects of Agricultural Price Volatility: A European Cereal Grower’s Point of View
Nicolas Ferenczi
11. Milk and Dairy Products’ Price Volatility:The View of a Large EU Cooperative
Wim Kloosterboer
12. Coping with Food Price Volatility: The Contribution of Local Food Reserves
Gabriel Pons Cortès and Itzíar Gómez Carrasco
Part 3: Policy Discussion and Conclusions
13. Assessment of National Policies in Developing Countries to Combat and Mitigate the Effects of Agricultural Markets Excessive Price Volatility
Mulat Demeke and Jean Balie
14. Price Volatility Perceptions, Management Strategies and Policy Options in EU Food Supply Chains
Tsion Taye Assefa, Miranda Meuwissen and Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink
15. Book Summary and ULYSSES Project's Conclusions
Plamen Mishev, Alberto Garrido, Nedka Ivanova and Milkana Mochurova
Biography
Alberto Garrido is Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics and a Researcher at the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), Technical University of Madrid, Spain.
Bernhard Bruemmer is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany.
Robert M'Barek is an Agricultural Economist and leader of the "Agricultural trade and market analysis" group at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (IPTS) in Seville, Spain.
Miranda P. M. Meuwissen is Associate Professor in the Business Economics group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Cristian Morales-Opazo is an Economist in the Agricultural Development Economics Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.
