Food crisis

Documents and links on the current food crisis, including the rise in land grabbing by nations. (http://www.grain.org/go/foodcrisis)

(Disponible en español | Disponible en français)

GRAIN publications

GRAIN, Corporations are still making a killing from hunger, Seedling, April 2009

GRAIN, Seized: The 2008 land grab for food and financial security, GRAIN briefings, October 2008, http://www.grain.org/go/landgrab

• See also the annex to this report in which GRAIN presents over 100 cases of land grabbing for offshore food production.
• And for even more, check out the GRAIN's Notebook with full text news clippings. This is currently updated on an occasional basis.

GRAIN, The food crisis by numbers, Seedling, October 2008

GRAIN, Seed aid, agribusiness and the food crisis, Seedling, October 2008, http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=564

GRAIN interviews Tim Lang, Seedling interview, July 2008, http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=553

Vandana Shiva, The food emergency and food myths, Seedling article, July 2008, http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=552

GRAIN, The food crisis and the hybrid rice surge, Seedling article, July 2008, http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=551

GRAIN, Getting out of the food crisis, Seedling editorial , July 2008, http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=550

GRAIN, Making a killing from hunger, Against the grain, April 2008, http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=39 (Es, Fr, De, 한국어)

GRAIN, The food crisis and the hybrid rice surge, Hybrid rice blog, 12 May 2008, http://www.grain.org/hybridrice/?lid=202

GRAIN, Philippines and beyond: rice crisis – reaping the 'fruit' of market capitalism, Hybrid rice blog, 22 April 2008, http://www.grain.org/hybridrice/?lid=201

Audio

NPR, Countries resort to bartering, "Day to Day, November 24, 2008 · A worldwide food shortage mixed with a global credit crisis has some countries getting creative. They're bartering food for other essentials. Javier Blas of Financial Times talks to Madeleine Brand about which nations are striking deals and what they're trading."

Video

Many videos on the food crisis available here

Presentations

Peter Rossman, from the International Union of Food and Agricultural Workers (IUF) gave a presentation as part of a panel on the global food situation with Via Campesina and others on 14 December 2009 in Copenhagen. The discussion was organised by the IUF, and titled "Low Carbon Diet: The trade union vision of sustainable food production and the right to food". Peter Rossman shared with us his presentation:
rossman-copenhagen-2009.ppt

General information

FAO, World Food Situation

Our hungry planet, StarTribune.com, November 2008, http://www.startribune.com/business/35243094.html

Related GRAIN resource pages

Agrofuels - GRAIN's agrofuels resource page

Landgrab - GRAIN's landgrab resource page