Contents


Preface ....................................................................... vii Acknowledgments ........................................................... ix


CHAPTER 1 Overview: Major Food Policy Developments in 2011 ....................... 1 Shenggen Fan, IFPRI


What Influenced Food Policy in 2011? ...................................... 11


CHAPTER 2 Food Prices: Riding the Rollercoaster ...................................... 15 Maximo Torero, IFPRI


CHAPTER 3 Disasters: Déjà Vu in the Horn of Africa .................................... 25 Derek Headey, IFPRI


CHAPTER 4 Climate Change and Agriculture: Modest Advances, Stark New Evidence ................................................................ 39 Gerald C. Nelson and Tolulope Olofinbiyi, IFPRI


CHAPTER 5 Biofuels, Environment, and Food: Te Story Gets More Complicated .... 49 David Laborde and Siwa Msangi, IFPRI


CHAPTER 6 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health: Connecting the Dots ................. 55 Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Heidi Fritschel, Zhenya Karelina, and Sivan Yosef, IFPRI


CHAPTER 7 Land Degradation: Land under Pressure ................................... 63 Ephraim Nkonya, Jawoo Koo, and Paswel Marenya, IFPRI; Rachel Licker, University of Wisconsin, Madison


CHAPTER 8 New Players: Stepping into the Global Food System ....................... 69 Kevin Chen and P. K. Joshi, IFPRI


CHAPTER 9 Regional Developments: Food Policy Taking Shape at the Local Level ... 79 Food Policy Tools and Indicators ........................................... 88 Notes........................................................................ 105 Contributors ............................................................... 112


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