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The economics of food : how feeding and fueling the planet affects food prices /
In recent years, food prices have soared--and plummeted. As crops are increasingly shifted to biofuel production, will prices soar again? What are the hidden relationships between the food on your plate and the gas in your car? Will economic recovery lead directly to massive inflation in both food a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
FT Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
| Sumario: | In recent years, food prices have soared--and plummeted. As crops are increasingly shifted to biofuel production, will prices soar again? What are the hidden relationships between the food on your plate and the gas in your car? Will economic recovery lead directly to massive inflation in both food and energy? What do food prices have to do with world hunger? Now, one of the world's leading experts untangles the complex global relationships between food, energy, and economics and helps readers draw their own intelligent conclusions about the future of food. Patrick Westhoff discusses the factors that drive food pricing: not just biofuels but also weather, income growth, exchange rates, energy prices, government policies, market speculation, and more. Next, he walks through several scenarios for the future, offering indispensable insights for consumers, commodity traders, and policymakers alike. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780137071487 0137071485 8131744108 9788131744109 0137071469 9780137071463 1282453351 9781282453357 9786612453359 6612453354 0137071477 9780137071470 |