Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
395 days of excessive volatility were recorded for soft wheat between January 2007 and June 2011, compared with 207 days between December 2001 and December 2006.
Between June 2010 and May 2011, international maize and wheat prices roughly doubled; food prices peaked in February 2011.
38% represents the coefficient of variation around the trend of Costa Rica's export price between 1961 and 1997 (Bosselmann, 2008).
In 1999, the United States granted US$132 per hectare as a corn subsidy, three times more than the US$42 per hectare granted by Mexico (Arroyo, 2009).
