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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Alert at Maradi: Preventing Food Crises in West Africa by Using Price Signals
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| Autores: |
Araujo, Claudio
Araujo-Bonjean, Catherine
Brunelin, Stephanie
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| Data: |
2011-08-31
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Food security
Africa
Niger
Early warning systems
Discrete choice panel model
Food Security and Poverty
Q18
C25
D40
O18
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| Resumo: |
The aim of this paper is to exploit grain price data to detect the warning signs of looming food crises in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Firstly we identify which markets play a leading role at the national and regional level. The second step consists of identifying crisis periods and characterizing price movements during the period proceeding a crisis. This analysis leads to the identification of early warning indicators whose relevance is tested using panel data qualitative choice models. The results show that monitoring price movements on "leading markets" during crucial periods of the year can help in forecasting future crises.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/114226
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| Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
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| Formato: |
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