The food price crisis and urban food (in)security

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English
Published: August 2009
Urbanization and Emerging Population Issues
ISBN: 9781843697398
Product code:10574IIED

In this paper, we argue that the disproportionate attention that policy solutions to the food price crisis give to rural dwellers is likely misplaced. Although in developing countries rural poverty is often deeper and more widespread than urban poverty, rural dwellers are often net producers of food, frequently of the very staples whose prices are rising. We outline the pathways of impact of food price rises on urban dwellers; highlight the evidence so far on how those impacts have played out during this crisis; and describe current policy responses and suggest how to improve them to better protect the urban poor in the short- and longer-term.

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Cohen, M. and , . (2009). The food price crisis and urban food (in)security. .
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