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The end of cheap rice: a cause for celebration?
Cheap rice may well be a thing of the past according to this new ODI Briefing which says that growing pressure on land and water resources, coupled with population growth, may be pushing the world towards an era of higher prices. -
Looking back, peering forward: what has been learned from the food-price spike of 2007–2008?
This ODI Briefing and research report summarise current understanding of the food-price spike of 2007-2008, and explores lessons learned to reduce future uncertainty and shocks to protect the poor and vulnerable. -
Diverting grain from animal feed and biofuels: can it protect the poor from high food prices?
This ODI Briefing and research report explore the potential of temporarily diverting grain from animal feed to human consumption as a way to dampen the impact of volatile cereal prices on the poor. -
Mozambique's agriculture and Brazil's cerrado 'model': miracle or mirage?
Great Insights GREAT Insights, Volume 1, Issue 10. December 2012Lídia Cabral, Alex Shankland, Anna Locke and Jimena DuranThis article explores what is currently Brazil’s most ambitious agricultural cooperation initiative in Africa – ProSavana - a programme aiming to replicate Brazil’s renowned ‘cerrado transformation’. -
The agriculture gender gap
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Gates Foundation
Source: FlickrFood prices
As the world adjusts to higher food prices ODI studies: changes in international cereal markets; the causes and impacts of higher food prices; potential policies to mitigate harm as well as exploring the links from agriculture to poverty, hunger and malnutrition.