Food prices and the AIDS response: How they are linked, and what can be done
A combination of new and ongoing forces is driving global food prices. Rising energy prices and subsidized biofuel production, income and population growth, globalization, and urbanization are among the major forces contributing to surging demand—while on the supply side, land and water constraints,...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161527 |
| Summary: | A combination of new and ongoing forces is driving global food prices. Rising energy prices and subsidized biofuel production, income and population growth, globalization, and urbanization are among the major forces contributing to surging demand—while on the supply side, land and water constraints, underinvestment in rural infrastructure and agricultural innovation, lack of access to inputs, and weather disruptions are impairing productivity growth and the needed production response. |
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