Remember when the cost of a loaf of bread rose rapidly last year due to skyrocketing wheat prices? A new Senate report says excess speculation by financial investors with no connection to actual wheat markets drove up prices for profit.
The group of 19 agricultural exporters known as the Cairns Group will meet June 7-9 in Bali, Indonesia. They will be discussing their position as a force within the WTO Doha negotiations on agriculture.
Policies enacted by the United States and the European Union, and aggressively pushed through global institutions during the last several decades, laid the ground for the ongoing food crisis.
The U.S. and the European Union have a particular responsibility to address the global food crisis. This report outlines how they could play a constructive role.
At the first ever G-8 Farm Summit in Treviso, Italy, agriculture ministers pledged earlier this week to work toward alleviating poverty and hunger and to encourage sustainable food production.
