Higher weather volatility may be reflected in higher incidences of weather shocks. Weather shocks could potentially affect the supply of agricultural commodities and their prices. In this study, the effects of weather shocks on agricultural commodity prices in Central Asia are investigated at the provincial scale using monthly data for the period of 2000-2010. The study uses an innovative estim...

This research develops the appropriate formula to determine insurance premiums on agricultural commodity prices that provide coverage policyholders for losses caused by falling prices. The price component is assumed follow Brownian Geometric motion in determining So, through Ito process, a target can be selected and used as reference whether claim made or not at harvest time. approach of Black-...

The sharp increase in agricultural commodity prices in 2008 and in 2011 has triggered an intensive debate on the causes for these price booms. Speculative bubbles have been quoted as one factor among others for the price peaks. Against this background, our paper contributes to this discussion by implementing a novel test procedure for speculative bubbles which has been suggested in the stock ma...

Since the early 1980s, donors and international These reform experiments have revealed eight lending agencies have promoted the reform of main lessons: agricultural marketing as a central component of economy wide structural adjustment programs in Africa. Although the record of implementation has often been slow and uneven, staple food marketing policy has been transformed over this period. The...

Objective: to establish that the price of main products Mexican agricultural sector are cointegrated with production producing States five regions sector.
 Design/methodology/approach: thirty cointegration tests were carried out determine if prices influence Mexico Mexico, which grain corn, sorghum and bean.
 Results: in northwest region, does not beans; In northeast, central-western ...

Many commentators have speculated that agricultural policies have contributed to increased obesity rates in the United States, yet such claims are often made without any analysis of the complex links between real-world farm commodity support programs, prices and consumption of foods, and caloric intake. This article carefully studies the effects of US agricultural policies on prices and quantit...