World Food Policy Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 2014 | Page 2

World Food Policy (WFP) A Journal of the Policy Studies Organization In Collaboration with The Royal Institute of Thailand Editorial Board Ammar Siamwalla (Chair) Thailand Development Research Institute Prabhu Pingali Cornell University; USA Bidhya Bowornwathana Chulalongkorn University; Thailand Stefan Tangermann University of Göttingen; Germany Jane Dixon Australian National University Peter Timmer Harvard University; USA Mahabub Hossain BRAC; Bangladesh Alberto Valdes Catholic University of Chile LAM Peng Er National University of Singapore Herman Waibel University of Hannover; Germany MATSUSHIMA Daisuke Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry; Japan Peter Warr Australian National University B. Guy Peters Michigan State University; USA Vo Tong Xuan Tan Tao University; Vietnam Associate Editors HUANG Jikun Chinese Academy of Sciences; China TENG Paul S. Nanyang Technologica University; Singapore Mercedita A. Sombilla National Economic and Development Authority; Philippines Editor in Chief Keokam Kraisoraphong Chulalongkorn University; Thailand World Food Policy (WFP) semi-annually publishes research-based articles exploring various aspects of policies and decisions that affect food systems at the global, regional and transnational levels. Articles on policies pertaining to non-food commodities with noticeable impact on the world food sector or comparative national food policies are also within the scope of the journal. The aim of WFP is to promote a multi-disciplinary forum for generating the analysis and understanding of global trends as well as regional and local forces shaping food and food policies around the world. The editors warmly invite submissions at: [email protected] Please visit WFP website: http://www.ipsonet.org/publications/open-access/world-food-policy Statements of fact, argument or policy advocacy in World Food Policy (WFP) are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the editors or publisher. ® Logo and Cover Design Kornkamol Bunnag