Volatility in the food chain
Rabobank confident in positive outlook for commodities market
With food prices rising 40 percent over the past year, the food crisis has a firm grip on the world
economy and is boosting inflation world-wide. Paul Braks, commodity analyst with Rabobank
Internationals Food Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR), actually believes the crisis
is manageable because farmers have a clear incentive to grow more crops given the current
high grain prices.
THE WORD