Category Archives: food price crisis 2008

Infographic on rising food prices

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

IFPRI did a great visual on what rising food prices mean for the hungry and malnourished.

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Check out Gorta’s World Food Day conference

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Last Friday, I spoke at Gorta’s World Food Day conference on food prices. Gorta CEO Brian Hanratty severely criticised the fact that soaring food prices and food price volatility are yet another factor affecting the world’s most vulnerable. Entitled ‘Food Prices – … Continue reading →

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Did we learn anything from the 2007-2008 food price crisis? Because here we go again…

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

Food prices have hit an all time high in more than a year. In places like India, people are cutting back, particularly on quality foods like fruits and vegetables. Which is truly devastating as they are critical foods for good … Continue reading →

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Kristof puts nutrition and hunger in the limelight again

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

In his op-ed piece, he gives the economic crisis and its impact – one being hunger – a name. In this case, a Honduran woman, Pati, and her family. “The United Nations calculates that because of the economic crisis and … Continue reading →

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Food Prices, hunger, poor nutrition and other complexities

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

I attended the Institute of Medicine’s Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis: A Workshop. The meeting had some spectacular speakers that outlined the issues of the food price crisis, the global economic crisis and the ongoing … Continue reading →

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more on the global food forum and other tidbits

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

Jeff Sachs hosted the Earth Institute’s Global Food Forum on September 16th. The meeting brought together a wide range of viewpoints and experts involved in all things food. The meeting had some interesting discussions, debate and outcomes. The event had … Continue reading →

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Global food. a forum.

Posted on September 12, 2008 by

I have been tasked with setting up a Global Food Forum out of the Earth Institute of Columbia University, hosted by Jeffrey Sachs. The meeting will have live blogging. One of the world’s greatest challenges is to secure plentiful and … Continue reading →

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Food Crisis – still a crisis or the bygone ways of avian flu?

Posted on August 24, 2008 by

As we all know, things are hyped in the media. Remember the avian flu? We aren’t hearing too much about it these days, but it is still a huge concern. Climate change? Al Gore was everywhere a few months ago … Continue reading →

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Roberts’ End of Food

Posted on August 11, 2008 by

Just as Jeff Sachs wrote a book called “the End of Poverty” which has a motivational ring to it, Paul Robert’s wrote a book called “The End of Food“, a slightly more pessimistic tone… But the book is excellent and … Continue reading →

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NY Times Food Chain Series

Posted on July 22, 2008 by

NY Times has been publishing an excellent series on the food price crisis, the growing competition for food, the role of agriculture production on feeding the world, and the environmental constraints that the world’s populations faces. It is a good … Continue reading →

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