are based on observed volatility. To measure the volatility, the annual time-series of the CoCo database were analysed … negative impacts of price volatility on farm incomes. This study contributes to this discussion by estimating a share of 17 … systematic sensitivity analysis in order to explore the impact of input cost volatility fully on the model outcomes. …

with new challenges. This paper focuses on the impacts of increased price volatility on the grain market. Furthermore, it … describes and evaluates government interventions attempting to reduce this volatility. At the same time, it describes and … assesses private management methods of dealing with price volatility. In this article, we provide an opportunity to understand …

of volatility in the period from July 2004 to April 2011 and to examine how sensitive the results can be to spatial … found considerable differences when comparing various price volatility measures calculated for the analyzed countries …

instruments to manage food price volatility. Many developing countries recently pursued price regulation policies, but the … policy to lower food price volatility does not depend on the nature of the policy instrument only, but also on the … be key factor influencing the degree of price volatility. Applied to trade policies, this consistency is defined by the …

Volatility of farm income represents a major challenge for farm management and the design of public policies. This … reduce crop income volatility in France and in Italy. We use an original dataset of 9,555 farms for the period 2003 …-2007 drawn up from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) and three different econometric models to explain the volatility of …

volatility. Below a threshold value, imports and volatility are not related, but beyond the threshold it is volatility the …

In this contribution, the development of price volatility on German agricultural markets is analyzed. We quantify the … degree of price volatility for selected German agricultural markets and determine how it evolves over time and search for … policy driven structural changes in volatility levels measured by the historical volatility. Based on annualised historical …

The present paper attempts to find empirical evidence on volatility in the grain sector (wheat, corn and soybean). The … first challenge is to measure volatility. Intra-year volatility, inter-year volatility in level and return, also conditional … volatility are defined and then calculated. The second challenge is to determine which factors impact volatility. The results …

substantial increases in market price volatility has resulted in increased price volatility at farm level. The increased price … volatility at market and farm level has been well documented; however the volatility of farm inputs has received little attention …

disturbances, caused not just by demand-supply conditions within their economies but also by volatility in global commodity prices …