The challenge of Food Security and the role of Micro-Insurance and locally-based Insurance Solutions for Emerging Countries
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Until recently in the developed countries, food prices had been moving in one single direction – downwards – for almost a generation, while the prices of agricultural products had been falling for almost thirty consecutive years. 2008, however, saw a turnaround in the negative trend of food prices, with most crop prices on the global markets doubling in nominal terms and making newspaper headlines. The challenge of Food Security and the role of Micro-Insurance and locally-based Insurance Solutions for Emerging Countries
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