Food reserves

Buffer Food Stocks for Addressing Volatility and Food Security in Developing Countries – Trends and Future Direction

Uncertainty is an integral part of agricultural production. This brief discusses lessons learned from recent research on public stockholding programs in developing countries. We make some recommendations for policy makers intended to improve their design and implementation.

Public stocks at the WTO

Making sense of food security and agriculture negotiations at MC13

Why we need an Agricultural Market Volatility Relief Program

Download the full report, Economic analysis of the Agriculture Market Volatility Relief Program. 

How the WTO Can Support Climate Adaptation

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has a well-earned reputation for placing trade concerns above all else—including global priorities like climate change and food security.

Food Reserves, Climate Adaptation and the World Trade Organization

At the global climate talks in Bonn, Germany last month, countries agreed for the first time on an agriculture work program designed to identify the best strategies to respond to climate change and protect food security. Nearly 80 percent of countries included agriculture in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as part of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Don't let Big Meat eat our bumper crop

The last few years have not been good for the factory farm industry.  High prices for corn and other crops (in part driven by the growth of ethanol) made feed costs incredibly high, while at the same time, environmental and animal welfare advocates have been winning ballot and marketplace battles to shift more meat production out of intensive confinement and industrial systems.  Hog a

Food crisis update: Main drivers of price volatility still not addressed

Last year international food markets suffered their third price spike in five years. The trigger was a terrible drought in the United States—a major agricultural producer and exporter. An unstable climate met low levels of international grain reserves, while U.S. ethanol gobbled up maize supplies.

A year of squandered opportunities to resolve the food crisis

January 31, 2013 – A drought in the United States last year sparked the third price spike in international food commodity markets in the last five years, again pushing maize, wheat, and soybean prices to record highs. Why are we still seeing such volatility six years after prices shot up in 2007? Have global leaders taken action to address the causes of this new food crisis?

For Haiti’s agriculture, the hits keep coming

Guest blogger Sarah Leavitt is the digital outreach manager of the Lambi Fund of Haiti.

WEBINAR: Grain Reserves in an Unstable Climate

The ongoing drought in the U.S. and threats of food crises around the world point to the need for new solutions to cope with unstable weather and harvests.