Global food crises: Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses

Strong upward trends and increased variability in global food prices during the past two years have led to concern that hunger and poverty will increase across the world. At the same time, rising food prices provide an incentive and opportunity for many developing countries to strengthen the contrib...

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Autores principales: Benson, Todd, Minot, Nicholas, Pender, John L., Robles, Miguel, von Braun, Joachim
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Español
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161616
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author Benson, Todd
Minot, Nicholas
Pender, John L.
Robles, Miguel
von Braun, Joachim
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description Strong upward trends and increased variability in global food prices during the past two years have led to concern that hunger and poverty will increase across the world. At the same time, rising food prices provide an incentive and opportunity for many developing countries to strengthen the contribution their farmers make to national economic growth and poverty reduction. Policymakers and opinion leaders in developing countries, however, often lack sufficient information to gauge the likely effects of global food crises on their country and to identify, design, and implement policy actions that can best avoid risks and take advantage of opportunities. The deficiencies in information and analysis can lead to overand underreactions, resulting in policy and market failures. Experiences across countries in 2007 and 2008 show ample evidence of such outcomes. Although the food crisis information currently available is alarming and sufficient to initiate largescale action, the information base must be improved to make that action more effective.
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spelling CGSpace1616162025-11-06T04:38:44Z Global food crises: Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses Crisis alimentaria mundial: Monitoreo y evaluación de impacto para formular acciones de política Benson, Todd Minot, Nicholas Pender, John L. Robles, Miguel von Braun, Joachim globalization food security agricultural production markets food prices farmers Strong upward trends and increased variability in global food prices during the past two years have led to concern that hunger and poverty will increase across the world. At the same time, rising food prices provide an incentive and opportunity for many developing countries to strengthen the contribution their farmers make to national economic growth and poverty reduction. Policymakers and opinion leaders in developing countries, however, often lack sufficient information to gauge the likely effects of global food crises on their country and to identify, design, and implement policy actions that can best avoid risks and take advantage of opportunities. The deficiencies in information and analysis can lead to overand underreactions, resulting in policy and market failures. Experiences across countries in 2007 and 2008 show ample evidence of such outcomes. Although the food crisis information currently available is alarming and sufficient to initiate largescale action, the information base must be improved to make that action more effective. 2008 2024-11-21T09:56:50Z 2024-11-21T09:56:50Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161616 en es https://doi.org/10.2499/0896295338 Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benson, Todd; Minot, Nicholas; Pender, John L.; Robles, Miguel; von Braun, Joachim. 2008. Global food crises. Issue Brief 55. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161616
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Global food crises: Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses
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title_short Global food crises: Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses
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topic globalization
food security
agricultural production
markets
food prices
farmers
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