In spite of policies aimed at tackling food inflation, food prices in Nigeria have continued to rise.
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New Zealand’s supermarket industry has come under fire for high food prices and lack of competition. Is it time to consider treating the supermarket industry like water and power utilities?
Food prices already rose sharply during the pandemic, and they’re only going higher.
Soaring inflation and a run on the banks signal that punishing sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine are already inflicting economic pain.
Everything from food to metals are facing major upheaval.
Substituting one food for another – no matter the reason – may not result in a healthier choice.
As household budgets come under strain, so does support for governments, as Boris Johnson should note.
Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.
Food inflation figures in Nigeria give cause for concern. Accusing fingers are pointed at rising dollars, farmers and middlemen, but this expert says the can may have been placed on the wrong heads.
Extreme weather is already having an influence on global food prices.
Four out of five Americans regularly buy some kind of organic food. An expert on the industry says more federal support could greatly expand organic farming and its environmental benefits.
How the cost of what we eat rises and falls.
South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
Restricting trade to control the pandemic damages livelihoods, especially those of the urban poor. The control of future pandemics must strike a balance between health and economic activity.
Poor and inconsistent pricing data makes it hard to assess agricultural markets.
We highlight the distressing rise in the prices of essential food products. We call for the urgent expansion of price controls, as well as an inquiry into the price-setting of major retailers.
A new UN report shows that hunger and food insecurity are rising worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic is adding to this trend, but is not the major driver.
Canada’s public health-care system is one of the most well-developed in the world. And yet, many remote Indigenous communities are still not getting what they need.
Canada’s Food Price Report, recently published by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, predicts significant price hikes for vegetables this year.
Top contributors
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, Covenant University
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McCain Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Monash University
