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Food Security In an Age of Falling Commodity and Food Prices: The Case of Sub‐Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Azoulay Gérard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world food policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2372-8639
DOI - 10.18278/wfp.2.2.3.1.10
Subject(s) - food security , falling (accident) , commodity , context (archaeology) , food prices , balance (ability) , economics , population , development economics , geography , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , agriculture , market economy , environmental health , biology , medicine , archaeology , neuroscience
Within a context characterized by a simultaneous occurrence of a global equilibrium of the world food balance and the persistence of a high percentage of the world's population that does not adequately meet its nutritional needs, this article intends to concentrate on the impacts of falling food prices on food security focusing on Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA is not the region that accounts for the most important number of people suffering from hunger, but is a region that experiences the highest prevalence of hunger. The article considers the driving forces of the rising/falling prices of food and commodities. It analyzes the impact of falling food prices on the food security situation in SSA, and discusses the main constraints of food policies and strategies in SSA.