Crises, Media, and Agricultural Development Policy

Johan Swinnen

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies, 2018, pp 151-168 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The “food crisis” of the early twenty-first century, associated with the dramatic increase in food prices discussed in Chap. 8 , also induced extensive policy discussions on the impact of food prices on poverty and hunger and on agricultural development policies. This chapter discusses the impact of prices on poverty and hunger; how the food crisis caused dramatic changes in the communication of these principles; how the interaction of mass media and food price shocks have pushed food security and agricultural development problems to the top of the policy and donor agenda; and has resulted in major increases in funding for agricultural development in developing countries.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50102-8_9

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