World food prices rising - a variety of factors at play. Not just biofuels!

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March 31, 2008

World food prices rising - a variety of factors at play. Not just biofuels!

The Reuters news agency has an interesting series on rising food prices around the globe. Basically, the demand for food is outpacing supply from farmers. Wheat stocks are at a 30-year low, the article reports.
A whole of factors are involved, from drought, to population growth, a shift of investment money into commodities and use of farm land to grow fuel.

Click here to tread the first article in a third part series.

- David Adams

Posted by Times Editor at 9:21:55 AM on March 31, 2008
in Energy policy | Permalink

Comments

What about the surge in oil prices? That has got to play a MAJOR role in the increase of food prices.

Posted by: CSMiller | April 03, 2008 at 12:51 PM

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