Biological Science: Research Developments and Innovations Vol. 2

This book covers key areas of Biological Science. The contributions by the authors include Agricultural commodity prices, Agricultural price volatility, Agricultural supply shocks, Aggregate inflation, Arbitrage, Asymmetric price transmission, Basis risk, Buffer stocks, Cold chain, Commodity futures, Commodity heterogeneity, Commodity price shocks, Competition policy, Consumer Price Index, Consumer welfare, Cost-push inflation, Crop cycles, Demand-side pressures, Dietary transition, Distribution margins, Edible oils, Energy prices, Exchange rate pass-through, External price transmission, Food inflation, Food price persistence, Food subsidies, Futures market liquidity, Hedging efficiency, Headline inflation, Inflation persistence, Inflation targeting, Input costs, Inventory management, Market arrivals, Market concentration, Market integration, Market power, Minimum support prices, Monetary policy, Oil prices, Perishable commodities, Price discovery, Price dispersion, Price mark-ups, Price transmission, Procurement policy, Public distribution system, Public stocks, Relative price variability, Retail food prices, Rural wages, Seasonality, Spatial market integration, Storage constraints, Supply elasticity, Trade policy, Transport costs, Vertical price transmission, Wholesale food prices, Climate change; crop protection; integrated pest management; plant disease epidemiology. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of Biological Science.