skyrocking food prices

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http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/risingfoodprices_backgroundnote_apr08.pdf

The rising trend in international food prices continued, and even accelerated, in 2008. U.S. wheat export prices rose from $375/ton in

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[durdaana]

actually this could be a good thing for the global south, it will force them to reduce the importation of the cheap northern food that undercuts their local economy and instead go back to more production for local consumption. Cheap exported grain, corn, soy, etc., from the North has been one of the worst things for the global food economy in history, worse than any drought, flood, or natural disaster. The cheap prices of these imported foods makes in impossible for local farmers to make a living and forces them into cities to work low paying jobs, creating slums. Then communities who once thrived on local diets rich in whole foods end up adopting a northern diet and end up with heart disease and diabetes. What we need to do is focus less on cheap export and food aid and instead help these countries and communities develope their own infrastructure to produce their own food. Look at what happened to Cuba!