The Impact of Domestic and International Commodity Price Volatility on Agricultural Income Instability: Ghana, Vietnam and Peru

George Rapsomanikis and Alexander Sarris

No DP2006-04, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The extent to which commodity price volatility affects the income of producing households and their vulnerability to poverty and food insecurity depends on household diversification patterns and the degree of their exposure to markets. This article focuses on estimating agricultural income uncertainties for a number of different household types in Ghana, Vietnam and Peru.

Keywords: Households; Prices; Primary commodities; Risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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