Food crises are not unavoidable. They result from human decisions. It is therefore possible to bring an end to them and to the intolerable sufferings they cause. However, it would be an illusion to believe that they can be avoided without taking into account the growing intertwining between food and other areas.
More articles on food crises published on hungerexplained.org
July 2022 – Facts and figures on world food insecurity and malnutrition – Food insecurity is on the rise, a consequence of the current food crisis. – Food insecurity and hunger continue to rise worldwide, as a result of the combined effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the mismanagement of the global food system, soon amplified by the disturbances created by the Ukraine war. [read]
22 April 2020 – COVID-19 and food: the economic and food crisis hits the more vulnerable – some insights – The COVID-19 crisis is beginning to seriously shake the food system throughout the world, pushing a growing number of people into food insecurity and tragedy. [read]
5 April 2020 – The selfish, the blind and the invisible: what COVID-19 tells us about our societies, A careful analysis of available information sheds light on us and our perception of the world around us. It offers some hints on how to enter effectively into the 21st century. [read]
27 March 2020 – COVID-19 and food – The pandemic is likely to cause a major food crisis. What consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and agriculture in urban and rural areas of the world? We must prepare for the crisis and try to minimise its impact. [read]
1 October 2016 – The impact of the 2007-2008 food security crisis: the uncounted social and economic cost of resilience – Behind the misleading picture given by statistics, the food crisis has produced structural changes that created more economic vulnerability health hazards and potential social and political time bombs. [read]
26 June 2015 – Trade and the quest for more evidence, solutions to the issue of food and climate change, says an expert consultation. Experts shy away from questionning conventional agrochemical agriculture and have already forgotten the lessons from the 2008 crisis. [read]
December 2012 – Food crises: A consequence of disastrous economic policies [read]