Agricultural and Applied Economics—Without Apology
I missed this article by Evan Fraser and Andrew Rimas in Foreign Affairs when it came out in January and discovered it last week while doing bibliographical research for a grant proposal.
Aside from the fact that Fraser and Rimas seem to confuse the effects of rising food prices and food price volatility, anyone with an interest in food policy should read it, as it nicely illustrates the fact that food prices alone are unlikely to trigger political unrest:
Although food prices have decreased slightly in March from the all-time high they hit in February, there have been food riots in Uganda. According to an article in this morning’s New York Times:
Last Friday, the Center for Global Development (CGDev) was hosting an event titled “Enabling Africa’s Next Growth Decade: The G-20’s Role in Supporting Infrastructure Development and Global Food Security.” From the CGDev blog: