Monday, March 8, 2021

What Drives Local Food Prices?

With the rising global food prices due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is is good to take a re-look at the article below written in 2015 by FAO. The article examines the post-2005 commodity price boom in the maize market by examining factors driving movements of prices in 18 major regional maize markets in Tanzania.
Maybe we could learn something. 


Kenya facing maize shortage crisis | 2019-06-05 | World Grain

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