Trade, policy, and food security

Food Security, Price Volatility and Trade

-40.0 -20.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0 Food Price Index in USD -annualIndex Trend Cycle -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Food Price Index in SDR -annualIndex Trend Cycle By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Inter-American Development Bank Juan Francisco Ron, Inter-American Development Bank Issue Paper No. 28 ICTSD Programme on Agricultural Trade and Sustainable Development November ...

Trade and Food Security: Conceptualizing the Linkages

Antimicrobial resistance, trade, food safety and security

The global threat of antibiotics becoming ineffective from overuse generated several apocalyptic scenarios that grabbed the public imagination. These antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ‘superbug’ scenarios helped governments recalibrate policies and regulate to reduce human use of antibiotics. Surprisingly, the other main contributor to AMR antibiotics used in food production received less attentio...

Terms of Trade and Food Security Analysis

INTRODUCTION Assessing and monitoring the value of assets against what they can purchase in the market is an important component of food security analysis. On its own, the price of an asset is just a number. For example, the price of a goat is currently worth 15,000 CFAF at the Abalak market in Niger. Someone unfamiliar with Abalak would wonder: is this expensive for the local population? Only ...

The Importance of Trade for Food Security

Abstract The important contribution international trade has in meeting the food security challenges that will arise in the first half of the twenty-first century is explained. The dual effect of rising population and increasing incomes among the world’s poorest consumers on food demand is outlined. Slowing rates of increase in global agricultural productivity will add to the difficulties in inc...