The paper aims at analysing rice-price volatility over the last five years, and at identifying strengths and weaknesses of financial-risk management tools other than derivatives. In particular, it focuses on innovative insurance products and on their potential use in the EU Mediterranean area,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the market impacts of US biofuels and biofuel policies. Design/methodology/approach – Two methods of analysis are employed. The first method looks back in time and estimates what US crop prices would have been during the 2005 to 2009...