"The Global Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Solutions?"
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About this lecture: What is behind the current global food crisis, how does it affect different populations around the world, and what can be done about it?
This talk will explore these important dimensions of the current global food crisis. It will examine the key factors behind the rapidly rising food prices of recent months and discuss the debates that have arisen over the relative significance of each. It will look at who gains and who loses as a result of higher food prices. And it will discuss the emerging debates over both the short and long term responses from the international community.
See Prof. Clapp's op-ed on this topic in the Globe and Mail April 30, 2008.