Reuters has an excellent special section with extensive coverage of agricultural inflation and global food problems. The section includes several highly informative interactive maps. The chart on rice prices - they are up 300% this year - is quite an eye opener.
While agricultural prices have moderated somewhat over the last month they are unlikely to fall anytime soon. Oil and oil products play a big role in the cost of food and as long as oil prices stay high so will ag products.
As we've pointed out in the past, high prices mean more small farms and more local food production.
The Global Strategy Institute has a good post on this topic with other links related to the global food crisis.
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