In 2009, high and volatile food prices combined with economic recession posed significant risks to poor and vulnerable households, with often dire consequences for their food security.

La creciente variabilidad y la fuerte tendencia al alza en los precios mundiales de alimentos durante los últimos dos años han sido motivo de preocupación debido a que pueden aumentar la pobreza y el hambre a nivel mundial.

El sistema agroalimentario mundial está experimentando una creciente globalización.

The food price crisis of 2007–08 had several causes—rising demand for food, the change in the food equation through biofuels, climate change, high oil prices—but there is substantial evidence that the crisis was made worse by the malfunctioning of

The recent food crisis, combined with the energy crisis and emerging climate-change issues, threatens the livelihoods of millions of poor people as well as the economic, ecological, and political situation in many developing countries.

Strong upward trends and increased variability in global food prices during the past two years have led to concern that hunger and poverty will increase across the world.

"With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households around the world, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines.

The economic impact of globalization, particularly on poverty, and the changes in agri-food markets have received much attention in recent years. However, the intersection of these two trends has been neglected.

In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would cut hunger, malnutrition, and unemployment at a much faster pace than has been the case so far.

Food security in Africa has substantially worsened since 1970.

While famines and other episodes of severe hunger receive significant press coverage and attract much public attention, chronic hunger and malnutrition are considerably more prevalent in Africa.

"On average, a typical developing country in Africa is assisted by about 30 aid institutions in the implementation of development strategies, yet Africa is still far from achieving food and nutrition security.

What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief advocates a two-pronged approach.

"Advocates of reforms in land rights and land markets frequently posit two important hypotheses: (1) African countries must grant land titles to farmers because titles increase land tenure security and facilitate access to input, land, and fi

"The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure.

"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates’ limited incountry experience, poor governance, and fa

"The interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition insecurity are becoming clearer as research fills knowledge gaps.

Wealthy countries’ agricultural subsidies have also created unfair competition.

Wealthy countries’ agricultural subsidies have also created unfair competition.