Brown, Molly E. ORCID: 0000-0001-7384-3314 and Kshirsagar, Varun (2015) Weather and international price shocks on food prices in the developing world. Global Environmental Change, 35. pp. 31-40. ISSN 0959-3780 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.003)

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Abstract

In the context of a changing climate, there is an urgent need to better understand the impact that weather disturbances have on food affordability in the developing world. While the influence of international markets on local food markets has received considerable attention, in contrast, the potential influence of weather disturbances on local food markets has received much less attention. In fact, local weather disturbances may have an adverse impact on the poorest households in developing countries. Here we quantify the short-run impact of both weather disturbances as well as international price changes on monthly food prices across 554 local commodity markets in 51 countries during the period between 2008 and 2012. We find that almost 20% of local market prices were affected by domestic weather disturbances in the short run, 9% by international price changes and 4% by both domestic weather disturbances and international price changes during the period. An improved understanding of the magnitude and relative importance of weather disturbances and international price changes on rural economies will inform public policies that are designed to mitigate the impact of adverse weather disturbances.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2015 Z. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change, food security, food prices, NDVI, food availability, international commodity prices
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food & Markets Department
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2020 08:56
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/28384

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