Reflections on the global food crisis: How Did It Happen? How Has It Hurt? And How Can We Prevent the Next One?

Published: Jan 1, 2010
Abstract
Cheap food has been taken for granted for almost 30 years. From their peak in the 1970s crisis, real food prices steadily declined in the 1980s and 1990s and eventually reached an all-time low in the early 2000s. Rich and poor governments alike therefore saw little need to invest in agricultural production, and reliance on food imports appeared to be a relatively safe and efficient means of achieving national food security. However, as the...
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Reflections on the global food crisis: How Did It Happen? How Has It Hurt? And How Can We Prevent the Next One?
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Jan 1, 2010
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