Hedging Tool For Farmers Needs Safeguards

Writing in the Center for Global Development’s “Views From The Center” blog about the creation of a hedging tool by the World Bank and J.P. Morgan to help protect farmers from volatile food prices in developing countries,  CGD Vice President for Corporate Affairs Todd Moss says that having safeguards in place to “prevent speculation or abuse” and “credible private sector partners will be essential” to the program’s success (6/22).

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