New Serial Titles

New Serial Titles
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1512
Release: 1994
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.

Consumer Demand for Rice Grain Quality

Consumer Demand for Rice Grain Quality
Author: Laurian Unnevehr
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9712200302

Overview; Consumer demand for rice quality; Rice quality at the retail level; Rice grain quality and the marketing system; Rice grain quality in selected international markets.

Foodgrain price stabilization in developing countries

Foodgrain price stabilization in developing countries
Author: Nurul Islam
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0896295028

A brief summary of the analytics of price stabilization; Some operational aspects of food price stabilization policies; Alternatives to price stabilization: crop insurance and futures markets; Price stabilization policy: rationale and objectives; Design and implementation of stabilization policy; Impact of stabilization policy on price variability over time and across countries; Some quantitative estimates of the benefits of stabilization; Rethinking price stabilization policy.