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Steve Wiggins

Research Fellow, Agricultural Development and Policy

s.wiggins@odi.org.uk

Steve Wiggins has been studying and working on agricultural and rural development in Africa and Latin America since 1972.

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Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition

Publication - Research reports and studies - 29 April 2013

Steve Wiggins and Sharada Keats

This paper, commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance, addresses the question of how sustainable smallholder agriculture can contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition in the developing world.

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Diverting grain from animal feed and biofuels: can it protect the poor from high food prices?

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

Anna Locke, Giles Henley, Sharada Keats and Steve Wiggins

This report looks at the case for preventing hikes in cereal prices by temporarily diverting some of the grain produced for animal feed and biofuel production, to human use.

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Looking back, peering forward: food prices and the food price spike of 2007/08

Publication - Research reports and studies - 28 March 2013

Steve Wiggins and Sharada Keats

Five years down the road, this paper aims to review what has been learned from the food price spike of 2007/08, what may be expected for food prices in the future, and what the policy implications may be.

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Food price update February 2013

Publication - Research reports and studies - 15 February 2013

Steve Wiggins and Sharada Keats

ODI’s food prices updates focus on tracking international prices of key staple cereals maize, rice, and wheat. This edition focuses on food prices from mid December 2012 to mid February 2013.

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Food price update December 2012

Publication - Research reports and studies - 13 December 2012

Steve Wiggins and Sharada Keats

ODI’s food prices updates focus on tracking international prices of key staple cereals maize, rice, and wheat, and provide commentary on events in markets that affect these prices. They also follow international food and commodity price indices. This edition focuses on food prices from mid October to December 2012.

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