Understanding the world food crisis

Food prices have increased by almost 40% during the past year. In many countries, there have been protests and riots as a result. The reasons for the crisis are complex and rooted in trade and development policies created by rich industrialized nations and forced on the global South.

Anuradha Mittal is with the Oakland Institute. She has recently returned from a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. She talks about how and why the crisis came about and what solutions are possible to end it. >> get more info [5]

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