Jacques Diouf

Price Volatility and Food Crises

Jacques Diouf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Trade, Population Growth, Investment, Speculation, Agriculture, Food Prices, Development Assistance, Political Instability, Hunger, Food Crisis, Fao, Jacques Diouf, World News
Jacques Diouf

Must history always repeat itself? We are on the verge of what could turn out to be another major food crisis.

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UN: 1 Billion Hungry

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME (AP) -- Declining aid and investment in agriculture caused a steady increase in world hunger for more than a decade before the economic crisis pu...

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Solving the Global Food Crisis: The Case for a "Poverty Czar"

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oecd, Global Poverty, Robert Zoellick, Chatham House, John Podesta, Food Crisis, United Nations, World Bank, Richard Holbrooke, George MItchell, Jacques Diouf, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Hillary Clinton, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Gates Foundation, India, Poverty, Biofuels, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Aid, Haiti Poverty, Middle East, US Aid to Pakistan, Haiti, Food, Hunger in the United States, China, World News
Bruce Friedrich

Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.

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