Researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute supported planning efforts for the Senegal's NAP, by clarifying the role
international rice prices play in food security in the country.19
Not exact matches
In establishing an
international rice futures market, Singapore could also play an important part in helping the world achieve food security, keeping
rice prices affordable for poor
rice consumers, and ensuring its own supply of
rice into the future.
Because of the high concentration of exports coming from only a few countries, the
international rice market is vulnerable to disruptions in supply from major exporting countries, leading to higher world
prices.
In 2008, the world experienced spikes in
international cereal
prices, with wheat and corn
prices doubling over about two years and
rice prices tripling over just a few months in late 2007 and early 2008.
Designed competitive
pricing for very high and medium quality, and broken
rice for domestic and
international markets that built monthly volume from $ 1,500,000 to $ 5,000,000 in 2 years.