Food security

Recommended economics writing: Weekend link exchange

The best of the rest of the economics web(8)

The politics of food: Hungry for votes

How much do rich governments really worry about feeding the world?(9)

Survival in the Sahel: It's getting harder all the time

Climatic extremes, from drought to flood, threaten survival(10)

Global hunger

Global hunger index: Feed the world

How hunger has changed across the developing world(0)

Global hunger index: Feed the world

How hunger has changed across the developing world(41)

Commodities: The breakfast club

Why fears of a global food crisis may be overblown(3)

Food aid for Africa: When feeding the hungry is political

A United Nations agency under attack(7)

Ethiopia: Live Aid-Arms Aid?

Was food aid pilfered?(13)

Food and poverty: The Big Apple is hungry

Increasing numbers of New Yorkers need help getting enough to eat(19)

Rice is cooking

Food prices across Asia are on the move(1)

Chronic hunger: Feeding the world

More hungry people(64)

The environment: More help now, please

How to tackle tomorrow’s disasters(0)

The environment: A water warning

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestlé, argues that water shortage is an even more urgent problem than climate change(4)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Moderator's winner announcement

After an animated fortnight of debate, the votes have been cast. You have voted in favour of the proposition clearly, though not overwhelmingly.(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Proposition's closing statement

Images of food riots and hungry people stir deep emotions. But we must debate trade-offs: will the rise in food prices generate more food for the world and less poverty for poor people in the future?(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Opposition's closing statement

Contributors to this debate have offered many thoughtful “pro” and “con” arguments. In the closing stage of this debate, I want to return to its main focus.(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: Featured Guest's Comments

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Proposition's rebuttal statement

High food prices are the result of supply being unable to keep up with demand, given today’s costly technology.(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: Featured Guest's Comments

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: Featured Guest's Comments

Rather than being a threat, the current food crisis caused by rising food prices is a unique historical opportunity for Africa to break from decades of policy bias against agriculture, which accounts for 35% of GDP in the continent and 75% of employment.(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Moderator's opening statement

Many public debates consist of people talking past each other. Both of our protagonists in the food debate, however, start in the same place: that whether the rise in food prices is good or bad depends in part on other things.(0)

The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Opposition's opening statement

Rising food prices are not always bad or bad for everyone. Modest increases in food and agricultural prices above past trends can help generate investment and foster productivity.(0)

The world food summit: Only a few green shoots

Some good ideas, but too little cash, were among the fruits of a global gathering(10)

Protectionism v food security

Is Europe helping or hurting the developing world?(1)