«A sudden
food price spike in 2008 led to food riots across parts of the world that are in danger of soon being repeated,» USAFLPB notes.
This strong link began in October of 2006, and contributed to 79 % of
the food price spikes in the 2007 - 08 crisis, which left thousands of people hungry and food insecure.
Not exact matches
After months of higher input costs for manufacturers, the simultaneous
spike in food and oil
prices is a double whammy that is now starting to hit consumers.
U.S. packaged
food companies are facing a
spike in costs due to a dearth of drivers, new regulations and higher diesel
prices.
The UN's
Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a new online tool to track food prices in 55 developing countries, as part of its food price spike respo
Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a new online tool to track
food prices in 55 developing countries, as part of its food price spike respo
food prices in 55 developing countries, as part of its
food price spike respo
food price spike response.
The FAO
Food Price Index showed the first drop
in March after eight months of continuous
spikes — but it may not be a sure sign that the trend is reversing.
There is a reason: forecasting a big El Niño would cause a
spike in food prices.
Burning
food crops for power is the worst use of scarce land imaginable, and has already led to a situation where there is a direct conflict between
food and energy: a significant proportion of the
food -
price spike in 2008 (and a further
spike in early 2011), which led to widespread hunger and bread riots
in many poorer countries, was driven by crops being withdrawn from international markets to produce biofuels for transport.
In 2008, constrictions in the food supply chain led to a spike in global prices and riots around the worl
In 2008, constrictions
in the food supply chain led to a spike in global prices and riots around the worl
in the
food supply chain led to a
spike in global prices and riots around the worl
in global
prices and riots around the world.
Just 3 years later, another
spike in food prices contributed to the Arab Spring uprisings.
Quarantining infected people has interfered with harvests and planting, causing a
spike in food prices.
Uber offers a
food delivery service and today JustEat, a rival, has seen a
spike in its share
price.
Not surprisingly, those
spikes in insulin levels as a result of eating highly processed
foods sweetened with unnatural sugars has come with a heavy
price.
High gas
prices make you a savvier shopper Consumers issue a collective groan when gas
prices go up because it usually translates to a
spike in food prices, but there is a silver lining.
The massive international pet
food recall
in 2007 led to drastic
spikes in pet
food prices (ranging from 20 % to as much as 70 %!)
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee should be holding a hearing on advancing America's, and the world's, energy future by initiating a sustained quest to break the economic shackles imposed by enduring dependence on oil (that doesn't involve using 40 percent of our corn crop to produce ethanol
in a world facing
food price spikes).
Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin have a sobering story
in The Times showing declines
in funding for agricultural development assistance and basic research even as the world's poorest regions face
spiking prices and shortages of basic
foods.
Given that scenario, which I think is accurate, the short answer to your question is that the
food price spikes we see now are only a dim pretext to what is to come — unless we make some major design changes
in our
food system.
I see absolutely no reason that this
food price spike is any different from any of the ones
in the last four decades: ie, a normal self - correcting phenomenon
in which a slight imbalance between demand and supply is reflected
in a
price rise, which will result
in higher output next harvest.
-- this huge drought, dust storms starting up
in bigger volumes again, the Pakistan flood that displaced 20 million people, the Russian drought and fires that led to the highest
spike in food prices ever recorded — that has an impact on poor people around the world.
It may be time to do the same thing for the hybrid debate over the role of climate change
in propelling
food price spikes and political instability
in Egypt and other turbulent places.
A searing heat wave struck Moscow
in late June 2010, spawning massive wildfires, killing tens of thousands, and cutting Russia's wheat crop by 40 %, contributing to a sharp
spike in world
food prices.
Using corn for fuel rather than
food caused a worldwide
spike in food prices with grievous effects on the world's poorest.
But that turned out to be not just environmentally destructive but was also arguably responsible for the
spike in food prices that soon followed, as farmers turned away from cultivating corn for human consumption to cultivating it for ethanol production.
According to a report commissioned by the World Bank, global demand for fuels made from
food accounted for nearly 70 % of the historic
price spike in wheat, rice, corn, and soy during the summer 2008.
In a globalized world, the expansion of the biofuels industry has contributed to spikes in food prices and a shortage of land for food - based agriculture in poor corners of Asia, Africa and Latin America because the raw material is grown wherever it is cheapes
In a globalized world, the expansion of the biofuels industry has contributed to
spikes in food prices and a shortage of land for food - based agriculture in poor corners of Asia, Africa and Latin America because the raw material is grown wherever it is cheapes
in food prices and a shortage of land for
food - based agriculture
in poor corners of Asia, Africa and Latin America because the raw material is grown wherever it is cheapes
in poor corners of Asia, Africa and Latin America because the raw material is grown wherever it is cheapest.
The revolutions recently and on - going
in the ME have
food pricing as a stronger driver than any political ideology, e.g. Keep your eye on China; its power and
food shortages are
spiking; the gubmint has even resorted to actually increasing electricity
prices, much to its own chagrin and the distress of the public.
The
food price spikes of 2008 brought new attention to the need for developing countries to reduce their dependence on imports and invest
in their small - scale
food producers.
According to 2012 data from the UN World
Food Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spi
Food Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its
food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spi
food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years
in many places, and it is vulnerable to
food price spi
food price spikes.
The unprecedented
spike in food prices drove up the number of hungry people
in the world to over 1 billion for the first time
in 2009.
This
in a week when Kentucky farmers were reporting that corn kernels were «aborting»
in record heat, threatening a
spike in global
food prices.
A
spike in vegetable
prices has fanned
food inflation
in India, where
prices last month were 7 percent higher than a year earlier.