The recent spikes in global food-prices in 2007-08 served as a wake-up call to the global
community on the inadequacies of our global food system. Commodity prices doubled, the …

An acute food crisis has struck the world in 2008. This is on top of a longer-term crisis of
agriculture and food that has already left billions hungry and malnourished. In order to …

This article examines the main driving factors behind the global food security crisis. On
World Hunger Day 2008, the grim news arrived that 33 countries around the world had …

The recent food price crisis has exposed the fragility of the global food system. There has
been much progress in international policies and practices on food and agricultural …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to study the magnitude and various causes of the
global food crisis. Further, the paper aims to suggest policy measures towards the solution of …

" Part of the difficulty in responding to the food crisis is the lack of credible and up-todate
data on the impacts of food prices on poor people and on the effects of policy responses …

In 2011, farm prices reached record highs; there was also a sharp increase in the number of
hungry people in the world. The price hikes were accompanied by a surge in interest in …

As this is written in mid-September 2022, the world is facing a potential food crisis worse
than any since World War II. With a devastating war in Ukraine launched by Russia in late …

It is the simplest, most natural of acts, akin to breathing and walking upright. We sit down at
the dinner table, pick up a fork, and take a juicy bite, oblivious to the double helping of global …

The recent increases in the price of food, especially of staples, have reduced access to food
for many people-particularly the poor-in a large number of developing countries. 1 This has …