Inflation is driving up food prices and could have a severe impact on the health of Canadians. When the cost of food increases, it restricts the availability of nutritious foods for low-income people.
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The key to reducing green hydrogen costs in the future lies mainly in technological improvements.
Rising inflation rates due to supply-side factors – COVID-19, Ukraine and supply chain shortages – make countering inflation difficult for the central bank.
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We are at a dangerous tipping point in ‘inflationary psychology’, says the central bank for the world’s central banks.
The global food system lacks resilience because it is too focused on keeping down costs.
An economist explains why imposing price caps to ensure shoppers can still afford to feed their families healthy food will only make things worse.
High food prices are exposing yet another risk of our hyper-concentrated global food system and strengthening the case for more diversified and decentralized alternatives.
Food prices are not the only issue to worry about as the world starts to feel the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.
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Rising food prices are not an easy fix and we shouldn’t be pretending otherwise.
With a monthly minimum wage of 30,000 Naira (US$72), the average Nigerian worker is groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living.
In the face of rising food prices in Nigeria, many salary earners have had to change the quality of foodstuff they buy or opt for cheaper alternatives.
The sneaky strategy of reducing pack sizes shows the strength of consumers’ cognitive bias towards focusing on price, no matter what.
Ending GST on some foods is being touted as a way to reduce food poverty. But cheap food comes with a high environmental and health cost. Is there a way to value food but reduce hardship?
The consumer price index, which measures everything from the price of peanut butter to gasoline, jumped at an annualized pace of 8.5% in March 2022 as inflation continued to accelerate.
Grocers must find a way to add value and affordability for consumers.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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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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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, Covenant University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, Sustainability and Environmental Studies, St. Thomas University (Canada)
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Professor of Food Policy, City St George's, University of London