A New Era of World Hunger? The Global Food Crisis Analysed

'A New Era of World Hunger? The Global Food Crisis Analysed' is a paper that discusses the main causes of the steep run-up in global food prices and the resulting spread of hunger to nearly a billion people worldwide. The paper looks at a wide range of factors endangering nutrition for all, including population growth, unsustainable consumption, international trade policy and climate change. Authors argue for effective and generous short-term aid as well as longer-term transformation of the agricultural system to make it more justly distributive, resilient, and sustainable for the future. It concludes that biofuels and the agro-industrial approach to food production are the main culprits of the crisis.

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