Agricultural and Applied Economics—Without Apology
There was a very nice infographic in the Guardian last week showing the evolution of food prices by food group — meat, dairy, cereals, oils and fats, and sugar — over the last ten years.
By the way, this is the same data I have been using for the paper I am writing on the relationship between food prices and political unrest.
The Economist‘s Daily Chart blog had a post yesterday was about food price inflation. The point of the post was to illustrate how food price inflation over the last year had not affected all countries equally. To wit:
A few weeks ago I agreed to talk with SFN Today’s Rhonda Garrison about the relationship between food prices and political instability.
Although I knew she was recording my answers, I didn’t know it would be for an audio segment. Thanks to a great editing job on Rhonda’s part, I actually sound knowledgeable. You can listen here.