To intervene or not to intervene, this is the question governments are asking as they look at the steadily increasing agriculture commodity prices. But can intervention do more harm than good? That is what we are learning as we see series of interventions made in the egg industry recently.

From Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Indonesia the patterns are similar, but each has a different solution to offer. With high inflationary pressures, there is stress on producers to keep food commodities low in pricing, but this should be sustainable for both farmer and consumer.