Search
  1. Home
  2. Global

Policy guide to beat high food prices

Food prices have steadily gone up in 2010 Akmal Dawi/IRIN
    JOHANNESBURG

    Don't impose export restrictions, check up on food inventories, draw up a poverty map - these are some of the handy policy tips offered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its new guide on how to deal with high food prices.



    2010 ended with food prices at their highest since 2008, when the world was in the grip of a crisis sparked by very expensive staple grains. These prices are still high.



    The FAO guide said there was no "one size fits all" solution. Every country has the same chance of success if the mix of policy and programmatic actions is specifically adapted to local conditions and agreed upon by the key stakeholders.



    Read more: Guide for Policy and Programmatic Actions at Country Level to Address High Food Prices



    jk/he

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join