Tom Murphy — whose Twitter feed is perhaps the feed to follow if you have an interest in development policy — tweeted last week about a post about food prices on the Guardian‘s Datablog:
Published June 20, 2011
Agricultural and Applied Economics—Without Apology
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.
As per my post yesterday on how the High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) appointed by the Committee on World Food Security is seeking comments on “version zero” of its Report on Price Volatility, my coauthor Chris Barrett and I sent the following comments. Remember that if you are interested in commenting, you have until June 3 to do so.