The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels. It highlights important developments and events in food policy that occurred in 2011, discusses lessons learned, offers policy recommendations, presents IFPRIs food policy tools and indicators, and takes a look forward into 2012. The Report reflects perspectives from across the globe. Its nine chapters, written by IFPRI researchers and other food policy experts, provide state-of-the-art analysis on such crucial topics as:
- food price levels and volatility
- natural and human-caused disasters
- climate change
- biofuels
- the links between agriculture and nutrition, health, water, and energy
- sustainable land management
- regional developments
- new players in global food policy
The Report features numerous tables, figures, infographics, and maps, as well as a collection of stakeholders thoughts on what influenced food policy in 2011. Click
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- Table of Contents and Front Matter (PDF 158K)
- Overview (PDF 532K)
- Food Prices: Riding the Rollercoaster (PDF 587K)
- Disasters: Déjà Vu in the Horn of Africa (PDF 3.3M)
- Climate Change and Agriculture: Modest Advances, Stark New Evidence (PDF 523K)
- Biofuels, Environment, and Food: The Story Gets More Complicated (PDF 235K)
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health: Connecting the Dots (PDF 298K)
- Land Degradation: Land Under Pressure (PDF 297K)
- New Players: Stepping into the Global Food System (PDF 315K)
- Regional Developments: Food Policy Taking Shape at the Local Level (PDF 1.1M)
- Food Policy Tools and Indicators (PDF 222K)
- Notes (PDF 105K)
- Contributors (PDF 76K)