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In spite of policies aimed at tackling food inflation, food prices in Nigeria have continued to rise.
Soaring inflation and a run on the banks signal that punishing sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine are already inflicting economic pain.
The rising cost of groceries and gas is fueling the fastest increase in consumer prices in 40 years and widening the inflation gap between the rich and poor.
Food inflation figures in Nigeria give cause for concern. Accusing fingers are pointed at rising dollars, farmers and middlemen, but this expert says the can may have been placed on the wrong heads.
Long-term increases like this are unusual. So is the fact that this increased governmental generosity began with a measure approved by Congress when Republicans held majorities in both chambers.
Extreme weather is already having an influence on global food prices.
How the cost of what we eat rises and falls.
How to keep food prices down? Use technology to change the way we produce food and public policy to ensure there’s a fair price put on things like climate change, human labour and animal welfare.
The average price of US goods and services surged in April, leading some to worry the economy is beginning to experience dangerously high levels of inflation. A scholar explains why that’s unlikely.
Canada’s bricks-and-mortar grocery stores are in trouble due to stagnant food prices and changing consumer preferences. More grocery store closures are likely on the horizon.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Doctoral Candidate in Economics, University of California, San Diego
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Senior Teaching Fellow in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Policy Officer, ECDPM
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Professor of Economics, University of Lagos
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer/Researcher, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science, MacEwan University