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Price Volatility in Agricultural Markets |
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| Recent bouts of extreme price volatility in global agricultural markets portend rising and more frequent threats to world food security. To reduce countries’ vulnerability, policies should improve market functioning and equip countries to better cope with the adverse effects of extreme volatility. |
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The 2007-08 Rice Price Crisis |
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| After increasing slowly and steadily from historic lows, world rice prices tripled in just six months during 2007-08. The price surge caused much anxiety because so many of the world’s poor are rice consumers. And it caught many by surprise as market fundamentals were sound. Indeed, it was government policies, rather than changes in the production and consumption of rice, that drove the surge. This suggests that improved (...) |
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Guide for Policy and Programmatic Actions at Country Level to Address High Food Prices |
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| This guide, developed in the context of FAO's Initiative on Soaring Food Prices
(ISFP), was initiated by José MarÃa Sumpsi, Assistant Director-General of FAO’s
Technical Cooperation Programme. It began with a brainstorming session with
staff from FAO's Policy Assistance and Resources Mobilization Division. FAO staff
from across the house contributed to this guide including Tom Osborne, Jan
Poulisse, Michael Robson, Ed (...) |
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Policy Brief: The Case for Energy Smart Food Systems |
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| An interdisciplinary ‘nexus’ approach is necessary to ensure that food, energy and climate are jointly addressed, trade-offs considered, and appropriate safeguards are put in place. These issues will not be addressed through a single initiative. Because of its importance, scope and complexity, this challenge must be met through participation of a broad constituency of interested parties. This demands a multi partner (...) |
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Effectiveness of Policy Responses to the 2008 Food Crisis: Evidence from Five Countries in West Africa |
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| This brief aims to inform policy makers and other stakeholders about the experiences gained in five countries in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Senegal. The discussion focuses on short-term interventions that aimed at reducing food prices right away. In the analysis all prices are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index in each country and measured in 2005 constant CFA franc, which is (...) |
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Addressing high food prices: A synthesis report of FAO policy consultations at regional and subregional level |
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| The 2007-2008 food price crisis happened at a time when global food stocks were at their lowest level in decades. From 1960 to 2000, the growth rate of cereal yields had dropped by half, a by-product of 30 years of underinvestment in agriculture and general neglect of the sector. During the 2007-2008 food price crisis, some governments acted in haste, imposing export restrictions or engaging in panic buying and hoarding, (...) |
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Gender and Land Rights |
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| Increasing women’s access to land is crucial to fight hunger and poverty. However, gender disparities in land access remain significant in most countries, regardless of their level of development. A new FAO database helps to understand the factors that prevent women from accessing land; and to design better policies to effectively address this situation. |
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When Emergencies Last for Decades |
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| 33 countries currently face a food security crisis, 14 of which have been in this situation for more than a decade. When emergencies continue for such extended periods of time, traditional humanitarian and development paradigms are not suitable for guiding effective responses. Rather than engaging in ad hoc relief programmes, interventions should follow longer term strategies and build on local institutions. |
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Price surges in food markets |
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| The drastic increase of food prices in the period 2006-2008 spurred fears of global food insecurity. Apart from actual changes in supply and demand of some commodities, the upward swing might also have been amplified by speculation in organized futures markets. However, limiting or banning speculative trading might do more harm than good. |
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Fighting Poverty and Hunger |
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| Towns and cities are growing rapidly in developing countries. This process is often accompanied by high levels of poverty and hunger, leading many urban dwellers to engage in farming activities to help satisfy their food needs. Policy makers need to recognize this reality and actively seize the opportunities offered by urban agriculture. |
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Making the Food Aid Convention meet the realities of the 21st century |
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| Emergency situations have become increasingly frequent over the past 25 years, often coupled with acute and chronic food insecurity in the affected countries. International responses to these crises have generally focused on addressing immediate humanitarian needs, as evidenced by the growing share of food aid that is channeled to emergencies. However, achieving lasting food security would often require an integrated (...) |
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Global hunger declining, but still unacceptably high |
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| At close to one billion, the number of undernourished people in the world remains unacceptably high in 2010 despite an expected decline – the first in 15 years. This decline is largely attributable to a more favourable economic environment in 2010 – particularly in developing countries – and the fall in both international and domestic food prices since 2008. The recent increase in food prices, if it persists, will create (...) |
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Hunger in the Face of Crisis |
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| More than one billion people are undernourished worldwide. FAO estimates show a significant deterioration of an already disappointing trend witnessed over the past ten years. The large increase in the number of undernourished people in 2009 underlies the urgency of tackling the root causes of hunger swiftly and effectively. |
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From Land Grab to Win-Win |
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| Foreign acquisitions of farmland in Africa and elsewhere have become the focus of concern. Many observers consider them a new form of colonialism that threatens
food security of the poor. However, investments could
be good news if the objectives of land purchasers are
reconciled with the investment needs of developing
countries. |
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Women and Rural Employment: Fighting Poverty by Redefining Gender Roles |
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| About three quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas. Among those, women constitute a particularly vulnerable, yet crucially important group for social and economic development. Investing in rural women is thus not only a moral imperative; it can also be a promising strategy to effectively fight poverty and hunger. |
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Land Tenure Working Paper 14 - Land policy Development in African Contex |
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Land Policy Development in an African Context |
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| Land Tenure Working Paper 14: Growing land scarcity and concern about land-related conflicts and rising levels of rural impoverishment have brought land to the fore once more. The main difference with the recent past is the wide spectrum of actors who want to take part in the elaboration of the land policies, as well as the more and more recognized need to root the proposals in the particular context of each specific country. (...) |
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The Breakdown of the Doha Round Negotiations – What Does it Mean for Dealing with Soaring Food Prices? |
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• Current WTO rules have not prevented countries from using trade policies to mitigate the negative effects of soaring global food prices on domestic markets. However, imbalances in the rules may have resulted in inappropriate policy responses. • Reductions in tariffs applied to basic foods, which were generally fairly low to start with, have been ineffective in offsetting increases in food prices. By (...) |
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National Policy Responses to High Food Prices |
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| The prices of many staple food commodities have increased substantially over the past year. As a result, many developing countries are facing larger food import
bills. The purpose of this policy brief is to highlight a number of issues that countries ought to be aware of when
designing national policy responses aimed at the market
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Agricultural Policy Impact Analysis with Multi-Market Models: A Primer |
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| Many governments intervene directly in agricultural product, in particular food, markets. A quantitative assessment of the impact of the policy changes on the desired objectives is important as it helps inform and shape the policy debate on the reform alternatives and increases transparency of government policy. This paper reviews the literature on multi-market models which offer more accurate ex ante impact analysis than (...) |
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Policy and Food Security in Liberia |
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| Improving access to food through broad-based participation in income-generating activities in key agricultural supply chains, together with the development of safety nets that protect the welfare of Liberias diverse types of vulnerable individuals and households represent two of the major food security challenges facing the Liberian government after fourteen years of civil conflict. Responding to these challenges will depend (...) |
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Transcript of the speech of the First Deputy of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine H.E. Ivan .M. Demchak - Round Table within the framework of the 65th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (Agricultural Trade Reforms and Food Security) |
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Committee on Commodity Problems
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Report of the FAO-SEARCA regional workshop. Policy issues and investment options to avert hunger and food insecurity in Asia |
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| A report of the above workshop, held in Cha-am, Thailand from 25 to 26 March 2004, attended by members of leading policy centres and institutions from countries in the region. These organizations normally function as policy “think tanks” and have an influential role in shaping polices and programmes in their countries. The workshop provided intellectual inputs to help shape and focus FAO country policy work in the region in (...) |
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RAP Publication
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2005
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Detailed Project Formulation and Analysis |
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Comparative Advantages of selected Syrian agro-food commodity chains: implications for policy formulation |
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| The assessment of the comparative advantages of a given productive system encompasses a broad range of conceptual works emanating from cost-benefit analysis and the theory of international trade. The basic concept is that an economic activity in a given country has a comparative advantage as far as it can compete with alternative source of supply through import without benefiting from any specific support from the rest of the (...) |
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