Globalized agriculture markets carry within them great price volatility due to many extraneous variables like seasonality, water conditions, and pest-management to name a few. Here I want to begin the conversation on how a globalized market can work with the farmers to provide them with prices high enough to sustain them through the off-season or drought years. Check out this interview: http://coffeelands.crs.org/2015/11/conversations-in-prm-part-3-jorge-cuevas-a-shared-cost-approach-to-price-insurance/

 

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