IPCPolicy Areas - Price Volatility

IPC Publications

• Biofuels and Food Security: Time to Consider Safety Valves?

February 2011

• Agricultural Export Restrictions: Welfare Implications and Trade Disciplines

January 2009

• The Domestic Impact of Export Restrictions: The Case of Argentina

July 2008

IPC Alerts and Press Releases

• What is the Role of Trade in Reducing Price Volatility?

June 14, 2011

• IPC Alert: High Food Prices and Food Price Volatility: What Role for Policy?

April 4, 2011

• Press Release: Food price spikes put the spotlight on the need for sustained commitment to agriculture

May 31, 2010

• Export Restrictions Curtail Food Security: IPC Recommends Alternative Measures and Improved Trade Disciplines to Ensure Reliability of Supply

January 26, 2009

• IPC Examines Impact of Agricultural Export Restrictions in Argentina

July 28, 2008

IPC Events

• Global Food and Agriculture: Policy Options in Response to Increased Volatility

  Wilton Park, UK

April 11-13, 2011

• Agricultural Price Volatility: Prospects, Challenges and Possible Solutions

          44th IPC Seminar

          Barcelona, Spain

          May 26-27, 2010

IPC in the News

• Food Prices Top G-20 Farm Ministers Meeting Agenda

June 17, 2011 (Voice of America)

• Locked Out: The world reaped the consequences of Russia's grain export ban

June 16, 2011 (Wall Street Journal)

ICAC Tackles Volatility in Star-Studded Seminar

March 2011(Cotton 24/7)

• Russian Wheat Embargo Likely to Raise Global Food Prices

September 26, 2010

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