Year of publication 2011

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Author Investment Centre Division

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Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This guide, developed in the context of FAO's Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP), was initiated by José María Sumpsi, Assistant Director-General of FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme. It began with a brainstorming session with staff from FAO's Policy Assistance and Resources Mobilization Division. FAO staff from across the house contributed to this guide including Tom Osborne, Jan Poulisse, Michael Robson, Ed Seidler, Andrew Shepherd, Brian Thompson and Robert Van Otterdijk from FAO's Agricultural Department; Liliana Balbi, Bénédicte DeLaBriere, Mulat Demeke, Aziz Elbehri, Marco Knowles, Frank Mischler, Guendalina Pangrazio and Margret Vidar from FAO's Economic and Social Development Department; Jacques de Graaf, Alberto Suppa, Jane Kronner and Takashi Takahatake from FAO's ISFP. References were assembled by Anna Ricoy from FAO's Agricultural Policy Support Service. Materne Maetz from FAO's Agricultural Policy Support Service coordinated the guide's dev elopment.

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Language English

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Also available in:

• Arabic
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

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