Food Price Crisis Can Lead To Deteriorating Nutrition

As fuel prices soar, food prices are beginning to creep up to crisis levels most recently seen in 2007. “Coupled with the financial crisis, high food prices can take a significant toll on nutrition, especially in developing countries,” says Lora Iannotti, PhD, a public health expert and professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St.

Reuters Examines Food Prices In Africa

Reuters examines food prices in Africa after the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization last week said its global Food Price Index hit a record high. “The United Nations may have sounded the alarm about soaring global food prices, but in Africa a string of bumper harvests and a changing diet means the political fallout may be more muted than to past price bumps,” the news service reports…

Food Price Rise Will Affect ‘Millions,’ FAO Economist Says

Abdolreza Abbassian, an economist with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on Friday “warned of a ‘worrying rise’ in food prices which will affect millions of people following unexpected shortfalls in major cereals owing to bad weather in 2010,” Agence France-Presse reports…

Global Food Prices Continue Upward Trend, But Relatively Stable Cereal Prices Could Prevent Riots, FAO Economist Says

“Global food prices rose in October” and the U.N.

Guardian Examines Global Food Price Volatility

“Rising food prices and shortages could cause instability in many countries as the cost of staple foods and vegetables reached their highest levels in two years, with scientists predicting further widespread droughts and floods,” the Guardian reports in a story examining the significance of rising food prices worldwide…

World Bank Extends Food Crisis Response Fund For Countries Experiencing High Food Prices

“The World Bank on Monday cited growing instability in food prices” before announcing that it would extends its Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) through June 2011, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (10/18)…