the next section describes the distributional and fiscal impacts of these types of stocks as well as their effect on the private sector and international spillovers public stocks can be acquired or sold to provide price incentives to farmers stabilise prices in domestic markets mitigate the effects of sudden price rises or offer stable prices to consumers governments can also decide to build or distribute stocks in order to set up or replenish a strategic stockpile aimed at securing an adequate suppty of food distribute food to vulnerable household and people suffering from chronic food insecurity respond to urgent food needs arising from emergency situations or reduce the impacts of a fall in production