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How volatile are African food prices?:

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Instability in the price of staple foods is an important source of risk in developing countries. This is particularly true in Africa south of the Sahara because of the low incomes of many African households. Poor urban households allocate a large share of their income to food, so food price volatility affects their purchasing power. Many poor rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood, so they too are directly influenced by food price volatility.

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  • Minot, Nicholas, 2013. "How volatile are African food prices?:," Research briefs 19, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  • Handle: RePEc:fpr:resbrf:19
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    1. Zseleczky, Laura & Yosef, Sivan, 2014. "Are shocks becoming more frequent or intense?," IFPRI book chapters, in: Fan, Shenggen & Pandya-Lorch, Rajul & Yosef, Sivan (ed.), 2013 Global Food Policy Report, chapter 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Ajmi, Ahdi N. & Gupta, Rangan & Kruger, Monique & Schoeman, Nicola & Walters, Leoné, 2016. "The Nonparametric Relationship between Oil and South African Agricultural Prices - La relazione nonparametrica tra il prezzo del petrolio e i prezzi dei prodotti agricoli in Sud Africa," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 69(2), pages 93-112.
    3. Alessandro De Matteis, 2014. "Varied nutritional impact of the global food price crisis," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 3(3), pages 166-176.
    4. repec:fpr:2020cp:5(5 is not listed on IDEAS

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