Global food prices are at a level not seen for most of modern history - this is why

The real average price of food has actually been increasing since the year 2000. Image: Unsplash/ Raul Gonzalez Escobar
Alastair Smith
Senior Teaching Fellow in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick

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