While sanctions aim to punish regimes, they often punish citizens instead.
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More choice and cheaper food sounds like a good deal – but not everyone is convinced.
Women play a significant role in Liberia’s agriculture. But many don’t have enough to eat.
African competition authorities must investigate signs of anti-competitive conduct in fertilizer markets
The new rules are de facto non-tariff barriers to trade. They increase trade costs for South Africa’s citrus industry.
Changes in maize production could create complications for Kenya, sub-Saharan Africa’s major importer, because of its policy on genetically modified maize.
It’s a great time to buy sustainable Australian seafood, from cheaper lobster to farmed prawns and oysters. Here’s how.
How the cost of what we eat rises and falls.
South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
Large-scale droughts can have cascading impacts on food security. They can reduce yield, increase food prices, trigger changes in consumption and lead to unstable supply.
The original Dust Bowl crashed US wheat production. Today, it would reduce global stocks by a third.
Nigeria’s agricultural sector simply isn’t equipped to produce the amount of rice to meet demand.
Analysis suggests import restrictions on bananas in Australia are a classic rent‐seeking policy, leaving Australians to subsidise each grower by more than $250,000 a year.
Global food system issues can be traced to colonial history. It’s time food production became more sustainable so that it meets the needs of people - equally.
Import bans in Africa are a poor substitute for the creation of incentives that enable
local producers to compete favourably.
How do you choose local produce when buying fish, which is caught in vast oceans by a globalised industry? Answer: with great difficulty.
Campaigners against commercial kangaroo harvesting say it’s unsustainable and have convinced California to extend a ban on kangaroo imports. But are Australia’s world-famous roos really at risk?
For many Muslims, adherence to Islamic dietary laws, known as halal, is an intrinsic part of their everyday lives. Even those who are relatively lax with other rituals of the faith tend to adhere to halal…
Australia is regarded as a food-secure country and this is mostly true for bulk commodities such as dairy, grain and meat, which make up a large part of our diet. But many people are still failing to eat…
Following the wettest winter for 250 years, it would seem fair to assume that drought-induced food shortages are unlikely to be a problem for Britain. But in the near future we may find that water is a…
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Reader, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management,College of Agricultural Management and Rural Dev, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
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Research Fellow in Environmental Economics, University of Bath
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Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, UNSW
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CEO, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
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Principal Research Fellow and Professor - food and nutrition security, international agricultural research, University of Sydney
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Nancy Roma Paech Chair in Range Science, University of Sydney