Although nutrition contributes to welfare in and of itself, it also contributes to individual economic productivity, as well as national income growth. The argument that improving nutrition is an investment on par with other productivity-enhancing expenditures rather than simply a form of...

This paper provides insights into agricultural commodity markets in terms of return and volatility spillover effects. To replicate a broad agricultural market, grain products, softs and oilseeds are taken into account, including daily spot prices for sugar, wheat, soybeans and coffee over the...