More Reasons Why Farmers Have So Little Interest in Futures Markets
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Futures for Farmers: Hedging Participation and the Mexican Corn Scheme
Administered commodity price schemes in developing countries have proved ineffective in raising farmers’ incomes and price stabilisation through futures markets is increasingly advocated as the alternative policy objective. A potential difficulty is that farmers tend not to hedge extensively, even in developed countries where access to futures markets is long established. Explanations for this ...
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