Preventing hunger: change economic policy

According to the economic law of comparative advantage, agribusinesses should export the food, agrofuels and other products that are grown in a country, while cheaper foods are imported to feed the people. Because most of the global food reserves have been deregulated and are now controlled by the p...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 479; no. 7374; pp. 472 - 473
Main Author Rosset, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Nature Publishing Group 24.11.2011
Subjects
Agribusiness
Agriculture - economics
Agriculture - methods
Agriculture - statistics & numerical data
Agriculture - trends
Biofuels - economics
Climate change
Commerce
Developing Countries - economics
Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data
Economic policy
Exports
Farmers
Food
Food - economics
Food prices
Food Supply - economics
Food Supply - methods
Food Supply - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hunger
International Cooperation
Malnutrition - economics
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Malnutrition - prevention & control
Prices
Private sector
Public Policy - trends
Starvation - economics
Starvation - epidemiology
Starvation - prevention & control
Studies
Volatility
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Summary:According to the economic law of comparative advantage, agribusinesses should export the food, agrofuels and other products that are grown in a country, while cheaper foods are imported to feed the people. Because most of the global food reserves have been deregulated and are now controlled by the private sector, outside investors can buy and sell food in the same way that they speculate in gold or oil.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/479472a