We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and … the food system. A unique classification of food items shows that highly processed food has one-third of the purchased … food market, with comparable shares in rural and urban areas (31 per cent vs 35 per cent), and among the vulnerable and …

impacts of US agricultural and macroeconomic policies on basic food commodity markets in the United States and their spillover …

The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's policy responses to food price … increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food … increased openness in policy debates and dialogue relating to the question of food security since the transition to democracy in …

Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper … and food system: natural resource management related to biodiversity, water, and soils; climate change adaptation and … mitigation; trade and food reserves; competition policy and standards for foreign direct investment; international research and …

The food crisis of 2008 in Nigeria was influenced by price changes in the world market and the escalation of the price …. The soaring prices of food staples benefited the producers whereas there was a worsening of malnutrition among the poor … adopted caused a reversal of the trend of food price increase within six months, generated awareness about the nutritional …

The study focuses on the period 2004-09 during which Egypt experienced food crisis. The political economy context on … from international to domestic prices. The complexity of food price policy issues and their entanglement with poverty …, agricultural, and economic policies in Egypt together with the structural aspects of the food subsidy policies are discussed and …

Since independence, Senegal has been highly reliant on international markets to meet its food needs, and this tendency … exacerbated this import-dependence during a time of high global food prices, resulting in the cost of rice increasing by more than … still remains vulnerable to future food price crises, learning from these policy mistakes should be a key priority for the …

The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global … food crisis. The results show that given China's unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural …

Dramatically increased international agricultural commodity prices from 2007 to mid-2008 brought food inflation and … greater incidence of poverty and malnutrition to developing countries. Higher food prices in 2011 threaten to repeat that … support for food aid, safety nets, and agricultural development. The focus of international dialogue differed somewhat from …

implementation of blending mandates by 2020. South Africa is one of these countries. Using a dynamic recursive computable general …