Matthias Kalkuhl is Professor on Climate Change, Development and Economic Growth at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and Head of the Working Group Economic Growth and Human Development, MCC Berlin, GermanyJoachim von Braun is Professor for Economic and Technological Change at the University of Bonn and Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF)Maximo Torero, Dr., is Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI for Latin America, leader of the Global Research Program on Institutions and Infrastructure for Markets Development, and co-leader of the Global Research Program on Urban and Rural Linkages

• Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I: Food Price Volatility at International Food Commodity markets.- Part II: Commodity and Financial Market Linkages.- Part 3: National and Regional Response to Food Price volatility.- Part IV: the Micro-Economics of Price risk, volatility and Price shocks: Household, Firms and Communities.