Publication
2009
This report examines the evidence on the impacts of high food prices. In the second half of 2006, world prices of most major food commodities began to climb. By the first half of 2008, international US dollar prices of cereals had reached their highest levels in almost 30 years, threatening the food security of the poor worldwide and provoking widespread international concern over an apparent world food crisis.
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| Series | Milestone Documents in IR and Security |
| Publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
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