A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs. Over the past half-century grain prices have spiked from time to time because of weather-related events, such as the 1972 Soviet crop failure that led to a doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices. The situation today is entirely different, however. The current doubling of grain prices is trend-driven, the cumulative effect of some trends that are accelerating growth in demand and other trends that are slowing the growth in supply
Ensuring food security is an ongoing global challenge. Many forecasts point to a need to increase fo...
prices more than tripled from roughly $2.50 per bushel to nearly $8.00 per bushel. Prices for rice, ...
In recent years, world food prices have skyrocketed, causing severe hardship for poor and vulnerable...
Grain traders in 1995 may have wondered if they were about to relive the world food crisis of the ea...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the disruption, by sanctions or war, of two of the world’s l...
Grain traders in 1995 may have wondered if they were about to relive the world food crisis of the ea...
In February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already ...
The world may be much closer to an unmanageable food shortage -- replete with soaring food prices, s...
The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, ...
The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, ...
The prices of maize, wheat, rice, and other crops have more than doubled over the past two years. Th...
World food supply and demand has been largely balanced over the last 40 years. Despite chronic hunge...
This year's world grain harvest is projected to fall short of consumption by 61 million tons, markin...
The food price spike in the first half of 2008 has increased concerns about the global supply of foo...
At the moment, when the world's population exceeds 8 billion people, ensuring food security is no le...
Ensuring food security is an ongoing global challenge. Many forecasts point to a need to increase fo...
prices more than tripled from roughly $2.50 per bushel to nearly $8.00 per bushel. Prices for rice, ...
In recent years, world food prices have skyrocketed, causing severe hardship for poor and vulnerable...
Grain traders in 1995 may have wondered if they were about to relive the world food crisis of the ea...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the disruption, by sanctions or war, of two of the world’s l...
Grain traders in 1995 may have wondered if they were about to relive the world food crisis of the ea...
In February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already ...
The world may be much closer to an unmanageable food shortage -- replete with soaring food prices, s...
The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, ...
The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, ...
The prices of maize, wheat, rice, and other crops have more than doubled over the past two years. Th...
World food supply and demand has been largely balanced over the last 40 years. Despite chronic hunge...
This year's world grain harvest is projected to fall short of consumption by 61 million tons, markin...
The food price spike in the first half of 2008 has increased concerns about the global supply of foo...
At the moment, when the world's population exceeds 8 billion people, ensuring food security is no le...
Ensuring food security is an ongoing global challenge. Many forecasts point to a need to increase fo...
prices more than tripled from roughly $2.50 per bushel to nearly $8.00 per bushel. Prices for rice, ...
In recent years, world food prices have skyrocketed, causing severe hardship for poor and vulnerable...