FEWS NET has released its June update on the trend of prices of staple food across countries vulnerable to food insecurity. The highlights of the June 2012 update include: In most East African countries, staple food prices remain seasonally high in June in most markets as a result of below average production during the previous growing… [Continue Reading]
New Index Measures Food Security
July 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dupont released today a tool developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that looks at the factors impacting food security in 105 countries. According to key findings from the Global Food Security Index, wealthy countries, including the US, France, and Denmark, get the highest food security (but not the highest health and nutrition) marks while… [Continue Reading]
