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Unit 4 Macro: World Food Day
16th October 2011
Here is one of the short information videos launched by the World Bank on the occasion of World Food Day - excellent as an introduction to the economics of high and volatile world food prices. Every night, 1 billion people go to bed hungry because food is too expensive.
A brief selection of other relevant articles on food prices and food security:
BBC news: India’s rural poor battle with price rises
BBC Scotland news video: Families forced to ration food
Guardian: It’s time to fix the world’s broken food system
Articles on food security from the Guardian
Independent - special report on World Food Day
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.