Food Prices Rise
Has the global food price slide finally stopped? The Economist food price index is up 10 percent over last week.
Archive of posts filed under the food category.
Food Hits Bottom?
Has the global food price hit bottom? The Economist food price index is up from last week, and 0.6 percent above the price a month ago.
The Flip Side of Declining Food Prices
Yes, as I have noted many times, food is getting a lot cheaper. But the other downsides to the current economic mess are likely to overwhelm any short term benefits for the hungry in the world’s poor parts, according to an analysis by Joachim von Braun of the International Food Policy Research Institute, published in …
Food Slide Continues
I guess all of us eat, right? So the continued slide in the global price of food is a good thing, right? Economists have a model they call the “cobweb model“. It basicaly says that when the price drops, farmers plant less, there’s less food, and the price goes back up. So maybe not such …
Running Low on Food
FAO thinks we should not be sanguine about falling global food prices: [T]he gradual return to equilibrium in food markets should not be taken to assume that the world’s food problems have been fixed, neither in the short-run nor with a view to the longer-term challenges. Cereal stocks still need to be replenished and lower …
Collier on Global Food Prices
Paul Collier, writing in the current Foreign Affairs, argues thus about climate change and food prices: In recent years, the increase in demand resulting from gradually increasing incomes in Asia has instead been matched with several supply shocks, such as the prolonged drought in Australia. These shocks will only become more common with the climatic …
Cactus Fruit
cactus fruit Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. A tray of cactus fruit, which Lissa is processing for later holiday treats. She harvested what must be about 50 pounds (~100 kg) from the prickly pear in the front yard this morning. The picture doesn’t quite do justice to the lovely purple color. She cooks it down and …
Food Yet Cheaper
Global food prices continue to fall, according to the Economist, down 6 percent over the last month and now sitting 8 percent lower than a year ago. I assume this is good news for the hungry, who can afford more to eat. But what effect does it have on food producers in the world’s poor …
Food Price Slide Finally Stops?
For the first time in a while, the global food price did not decline in this week’s Economist commodity price index.
Food
Food, according to the Economist, is now 10 percent cheaper than it was a year ago.