See full list of IFPRI publications on Food Prices

Featured Publications

• Food security under stress from price volatility, agricultural neglect, climate change and recession
  May 11 2009. Joachim von Braun. IPC Spring Seminar Salzburg, May 11, 2009.

• Nahrungssicherheit - eine strategische Herausforderung / Threats to Security Related to Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources – What to Do?
  March 26 2009. Joachim von Braun. Strategic forum at European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).

• Local Markets, Local Varieties: Rising Food Prices and Small Farmers' Access to Seed
  March 2009. Melinda Smale, Marc J. Cohen, and Latha Nagarajan. IFPRI Issue Brief.

• Eliminating Drastic Food Price Spikes – a three pronged approach for reserves
  March 2009. Joachim von Braun, Justin Lin and Maximo Torero. Note for Discussion.

• Implementing Physical and Virtual Food Reserves to Protect the Poor and Prevent Market Failure
  February 2009. Joachim Von Braun and Maximo Torero. IFPRI Policy Brief.

• When Speculation Matters
  February 2009. Miguel Robles, Maximo Torero, and Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Issue Brief.

• Running Out: The Global Food Crisis
  January 2009. Foreign Policy Association. Great Decisions Television Series program featuring Joachim Von Braun.

• Fresh Solutions for Food Security
  January 2009. Webcast from the World Economic Forum.

• Food and Financial Crises: Implications for Agriculture and the Poor
  December 2008. Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Food Policy Report.

• Has the Food Crisis Abated?
  December 15, 2008. Q&A with Joachim von Braun. Scientific American.

• The food crisis isn't over
  December 11, 2008. Joachim von Braun. Nature, 456, 701.
  [Link is to abstract. Full text of the article available with paid subscription only. Please contact IFPRI-Library@cgiar.org for more information.]

• Agricultural Economics: Issue on the world food crisis
  November 2008. Volume 39 Issue s1, Pages 373-550.
  (requires a subscription to see full text articles)

• The Food Crisis: What Happened and What Should Be Done?
  October 10, 2008. Chair: Joachim von Braun. IMF-WB Program of Seminars.
  Video on IMF website

• Food Prices and the AIDS Response: How they are linked, and what can be done
  August 2008. Stuart Gillespie. RENEWAL Brief.

• The Food Crisis and its Implications for Agricultural Development July 16, 2008. Nicholas Minot. Testimony before the U.S. House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

• G8 Leaders' Statement on Global Food Security: Comments by Joachim von Braun, IFPRI Director General
  July 11, 2008. Joachim von Braun

• Rising World Food Prices: How to Address the Problem?
  May 2008. Joachim von Braun. China Programme, Vol 12, No 3.

  • El aumento mundial en el precio de los alimentos: ¿cómo enfrentar el problema?
    July 2008. Joachim von Braun. Puentes, Volumen 9, Número 3.

• Global Food Crisis
  May 20, 2008. Special Meeting of ECOSOC. Keynote address by Joachim von Braun.
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