Food prices are rising and are becoming increasingly linked with energy prices. Why are food prices rising? What are the implications for food production, markets, trade, and consumption? What are the consequences for the livelihoods of the poor and food-insecure? What options do policymakers have in the short and long run?

• Biofuels and Grain Prices: Impacts and Policy Responses
  May 7, 2008. Mark W. Rosegrant. Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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• Rising Food Prices: What Should Be Done?
  April 2008. Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Policy Brief.
  English: (PDF 381K)  |  Deutsch: (PDF 96K)
  Chinese: (PDF 289K)
• Poverty, Climate Change, Rising Food Prices, and the Small Farmers
  April 22, 2008. Joachim von Braun. Presentation at IFAD.
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• Rising Prices and the Role of Commodity Exchanges
  April 17, 2008. Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin, CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange; IFPRI Senior Research Fellow. Press Statement.
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• High and Rising Food Prices: Why Are They Rising, Who Is Affected, How Are They Affected and What Should Be Done?
  April 11, 2008. Joachim von Braun. Presentation at USAID conference.
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• What Goes Down Must Come Up: Global Food Prices Reach New Heights
  March 2008. IFPRI Forum.
• The World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Actions
  December 2007. Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Food Policy Report.
• Rising Food Prices: Implications and Consequences
  February 12, 2008. Panel Discussion. (Video available)
• Rising Food Prices Threaten World's Poor People
  December 7, 2007. Media Briefing.

See also, IFPRI work on bioenergy and globalization and markets.