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Analysing changes to price incentives during the first wave of COVID-19

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN 978-92-5-135906-8

Series title FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief

Series number No. 49

Synopsis (short abstract) The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a shock on agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middleincome countries to be particularly affected. As containment measures disrupt access to agricultural inputs and markets, governments have sought to insulate domestic consumers from world price fluctuations and ensure local availability by changing export and import policies and introducing price stabilisation measures, among other responses.

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FAO. 2022. Analysing changes to price incentives during the first wave of COVID-19. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs, No. 49. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9047en

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