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The Role of Risk Management in Food Commodity Trade

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Publication date
30/03/2010
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Jan Nijhoff
Organization
Zambia Food Security Research Project

This presentation outlines and identifies common concerns in the food commodity trade and utilizes experiences from southern Africa. The presentation then goes over the role of risk management and structured trading mechanisms in addressing these common concerns and uses the case of the maize market and the relationship between market performance and market confidence, narrowing in on opportunities for Zambia in this case specifically. Finally, the presentation covers how to build market confidence and opportunities for reducing price volatility.