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Sep 2023
This webinar exams whether increased concentration necessarily leads to increased market power or simply reflects the underlying economic efficiencies controlling value chains. It discusses whether increased market concentration is a food security concern and if so, what should be the role of international institutions and organizations in regulating markets? Speakers: Javier Blas (Bloomberg L.P.), Swithun Still (STILL GRAIN), James MacDonald (University of Maryland), Delphine Leconte-Demarsy (AMIS) Moderators: Joe Glauber (AMIS) and Seth Meyer (USDA)    
Apr 2021
The storage of grains has an important food security dimension. This paper reviews recent trends in grain stockholding; discusses the two main purposes for holding stocks, which are to maintain [...]
Mar 2021
The first wave of COVID-19 containment measures raised concerns about the capacity of markets to withstand the shock without generating distortions. In this analysis, researchers move beyond the aggregated effects [...]
Nov 2020
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered alarmist views on whether international markets would still have the capacity to meet demands from countries who are dependent on trade, including their [...]
Sep 2020
Early in the COVID-19 outbreak, there were concerns that the health crisis would develop into a large-scale food crisis similar to the 2007-08 food price crisis, when panic buying and [...]
Apr 2020
FAO is analysing and providing updates on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on agricultural markets—effects that are still largely unknown. Most current assessments generally foresee a contraction in both supply [...]
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