SOC 808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Uruguay Round, International Food Policy Research Institute, Free Trade
6 Dec 2014
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Introduction: global economic relationships international trade, finance, and investment flows o o. Shape food systems at all scales and supply and demand for food. Influence both trends in food prices and access to food. Developing countries that depends on food imports for significant portion of food consumption, food security sensitive to changes in the global economy. Canada produce abundance of food significant quantities for export are affected by global economic forces. Sharpe food prices rises in late 2007 and first half of 2008 o. Important illustration of the ways in which international economic relationships affect food security and farmer livelihoods. Higher food prices hit poor countries hard as food import bills rose quickly and widespread civil unrest ensued o. Farmers did not necessarily see enormous benefits from food price rises price for agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizer rose just as quickly. Food crisis was abrupt and serve late 2008 food prices had fallen back sharply.
