Food security is one of the greatest challenges of our time. The food price crisis of 2008 exposed the vulnerabilities of the global food system. Governments ac
The recent escalation of world food prices – particularly for cereals - prompted mass public indignation and demonstrations in many countries, from the price
This publication reviews the recent literature on food systems and economic development and underlines their limitations. Simultaneously, it analyzes the Asian
The dramatic surge in food prices from 2005 to 2008 seriously threatened the world's poor, who struggle to buy food even under normal circumstances, and led to