The Independent
Since 2002 there has been a steady surge in global food prices. They rose 35 per cent in the year to the end of January, and since then prices have jumped by 65 per cent. According to the FAO’s world food index, dairy prices rose nearly 80 per cent and grain 42 per cent last year. More
Tag Archives: Food Security
Biofuels may promote, not slow, global warming
Earth Times
The US rush to plant more corn for biofuel is already being blamed for soaring food prices. Now, two new US studies show that cultivated biofuel crops may actually increase instead of decrease the carbon emissions that ethanol and other biofuels were supposed to reduce. More
Food Crisis Reverses Middle Class Trend in Latin America
Food Crisis Reverses Middle Class Trend in Latin America – New America Media
The food crisis in Latin America is eroding the spending power of the new middle class, and with it, their optimism in the future of the region’s economy. In Latin America, the global food crisis has done more than just trigger protests and force governments to scramble for stopgap solutions. The crisis has begun to reverse the most positive regional trend of recent years: the decline of poverty and the nascent emergence of a new middle class. More
Reasons for Rising Food Price
Reasons for Rising Food Price – Washington Post
No single factor can be blamed for the global food crisis. An unlucky confluence of events over the past several years contributed to soaring prices. More
