Date: January, 2009
Abstract: The financial crisis has hit cross-border Food & Agribusiness (F&A) trade flows severely over the past few months. Confidence in markets is lost for the short term. Nevertheless, demand for food is expected to keep growing due to the long-term drivers that are little affected by the financial crisis. In the current situation of low stocks for the important grains, a rise in prices of agricultural commodities is possible as soon as the situation normalizes. The recent events — the c...
Research Type: Industry Note