BIOMONITOR4CAP – Advanced AgroBiodiversity monitoring

(Executive summary available here in EN and FR) Introduction While the markets for agricultural commodities have an inherent tendency to be rather volatile, the price volatility of these products has been particularly high in the last decade. More specifically, sharp increases in global food prices in 2007-2008 and 2010-2011 were followed by recurring periods of […]

An evaluation of agricultural futures as a risk management tool in the context of price volatility Agricultural markets have an inherent tendency towards instability. This is mainly because the supply and demand market fundamentals of the agricultural sector are characterised by rigidity, as food is a basic necessity for consumers and agricultural production is seasonal. […]