The global hunger indices of 2008 and 2009 (Grebmer et al. 2008, 2009) point to persistently high levels of hunger and food insecurity and a worsening of the situation due to rising crop prices. At the same time, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the demand- and supply-side determinants...

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: History, Policy, and institutions -- Chapter 2: Foundations of the Agricultural Welfare State -- Chapter 3: The Challenge of Market Intervention -- Chapter 4: The Postwar Development of the Agricultural -- Welfare State -- Chapter 5: The Politics of...