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, 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 'Google 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

General information

FAO, World Food Situation

Landgrab

Julian Borger, Rich countries launch great land grab to safeguard food supply, The Guardian, 22 November 2008

Food crisis leading to an unsustainable land grab, The Guardian, 22 November 2008

Biggest deal, The Guardian, 22 November 2008

Map - Click on the map below to see the map in a larger format, or you can download the map as a high resolution PDF file (Map compiled by The Guardian using data provided by GRAIN)

Agrofuels

GRAIN's Agrofuels resource page