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Brussels Rural Development BriefingsA series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
Briefing session n° 7:Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change?
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October 2008 
A Reader
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Resources onRising Food Prices
Compiled by Isolina Boto and Camilla La Peccerella Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-UE (CTA)
 
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Most text in this Reader has been directly taken from the original documents or websites. The Reader is not intended toexhaustively cover the issue of Rising Food Prices but to provide for a brief overview and for a selection of informationresources. For any input, kindly contact at CTA Isolina Boto (boto@cta.int) or Camilla La Peccerella(lapeccerella@cta.int).The Reader and most of the resources are available athttp://brusselsbriefings.net/ 
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INDEX
Introduction 51. Rising food prices: setting the framework 52. Factors underlying the current state of food markets 62.1 On the supply side 62.1.a Short to medium-term causes 62.1.b Long-term constraints on agricultural production indeveloping countries82.2 On the demand side 92.3 Other relevant factors 113. What next? 11OECD-FAO future projections 114. Impacts of rising food prices 124.1 Macroeconomic impacts at country-level 124.2 Microeconomic impacts at household-level 13High food prices impacts: the gender dimension 144.3 Impact on poverty 144.4 Impact on farming 154.5 Global and regional impacts 154.5.a Hunger hotspots 164.5.b Food emergencies: an ACP regional review 185. The food prices crisis: threats.. 19..and opportunities 206. High food prices: assessing policy options 216.1 Safety nets, social protection and rapid recovery of agriculture 216.2 Improving trade policies 226.3 Stimulating agricultural investment and research 236.4 Capacity development 247. Assessing current and future policy responses 24Selected documents available online (English and French)27Websites35Acronyms37
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