Lower inflation does not mean prices will return to where they were before. Inflation measures the average change in prices over time, not which specific prices are rising or falling.
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Ottawa’s $3-billion National Food Security Strategy funds greenhouses, food terminals and processing plants, but not the advisors who help farmers put any of it to work.
When conflict leads to abandoned fields, lost livestock, or altered investment decisions, it undermines food security and development.
Here’s some food for thought: Groceries are actually pretty cheap in the US, comparatively speaking.
How do we know if prices are going up across the whole economy, or just for some products? One solution is to create an index of price changes across the entire economy – but this isn’t perfect.
Here are some cheaper, healthy alternatives to olive oil.
Consumer psychology can help explain why boycotts sometimes fail, as well as help predict when they are likely to succeed.
Although it’s rooted in legitimate grievances, the ‘Steal from Loblaws Day’ campaign is not only illegal, but also fails to achieve its intended objective and risks undermining economic stability.
Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
A major concern is whether the recent attacks In Sierra Leone will encourage further division and tension in the country.
The cost of feeding a table full of people may be too much for the average Canadian to bear this holiday season.
Many Canadians are puzzled by food prices remaining high despite the Bank of Canada’s efforts to curb inflation. If interest rate policies aren’t bringing food prices down, then what will?
For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.
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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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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
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Marketing Professor
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Professor, School of Economics; Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Early Career Researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of History and Director of the Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor of Economics, McMaster University