The Rice Crisis: Markets, Policies and Food Security

ISBN-13: 9781849711340 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 364 str.

Dawe

Opis

This workshop discussed how government policies caused & responded to soaring world food prices in the particular case of rice, the most important source of calories on the planet. Case studies offer lessons on the impact of trade policy on the food security of poor farmers & customers.

O autorze

David Dawe is a Senior Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. A graduate of Harvard University, he has studied the Asian rice economy for more than 20 years, including 15 years resident in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.