Agricultural Supply Chains and the Challenge of Price Risk (Earthscan Food and Agriculture) by Williams, John

Paperback / softback. New. This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the challenges in managing price risk. The problems of integration and price risk are interwoven in agricultural supply chains with production and supply risk as well as hoarding. However, without supply chain integration through commercial trade markets there can be no forward market upon which forward transactions and the management of price risk can be based. Without a forward market that can reduce opportunistic behaviour, there is likely to be little security of supply, particularly under high production risk and price uncertainty. Whilst price risk management is possible under certain circumstances, there are many factors that can prevent the development of forward markets or cause them to collapse, thus undermining the ability to manage price risk within acceptable risk and return parameters. Market positions therefore need to be valued and often settled daily due to the risk… Read More

Routledge, 2013. Paperback. New. 276 pages. 9.13x6.14x0.71 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Routledge, 2013. Paperback. New. 276 pages. 9.13x6.14x0.71 inches.