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Throughout the history of human development, food has always had special signifiance. Those societies and people who did not eat well tended not to prosper and disappeared early in their development. Good food is a critical factor in physical well being, a major source of pleasure but also worry and stress, a major concern for governments and the single greatest category of expendit ures. Hu…
As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall short of eliminati…
Food price volatility is one of the major challenges facing the global agricultural system today. This was most vividly illustrated during the global food crisis of 2007–9 when price spikes occurred for key staple food commodities—such as wheat, rice, maize, and soybeans. Given the variety of reactions by governments of countries experiencing similar food price shocks, the 2007–9 crisis o…