Agricultural and Applied Economics—Without Apology
Here we go, it looks like we can now speak the dreaded f-word. Famine, that is:
“The UN is expected on Wednesday to declare that parts of southern Somalia are now in famine amid the worst drought to hit east Africa in 60 years.
Probably, if I go by two posts by my NC State colleague Mike Roberts.
Mike first pointed out that drought in the Midwest is not something to worry about:
Warning: Blatant self-promotion ahead.
An excerpt from an article in Foreign Affairs by Chris Barrett and I on the current food crisis: