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Why Have Food Commodity Prices Risen Again?

This report discusses the factors
that have contributed to the recent
large and rapid increase in global food commodity prices. Updated data tables on food consumption and nutrient intake by where food was purchased and eaten.

Updated data tables on food consumption and nutrient intake by where food was purchased and eaten.

Updated data tables on food
consumption and nutrient intake by
where food was purchased and eaten.

This report identifies the factors contributing to Brazil's rise as a major cotton exporter.

This report identifies the factors
contributing to Brazil's rise as a
major cotton exporter.

Updated information about SNAP, the Nation's largest domestic food and nutrition assistance program for low-income Americans.

Updated information about SNAP,
the Nation's largest domestic food
and nutrition assistance program for
low-income Americans This report is an update to the July 2010 report, Food Security Assessment, 2010-20; it reviews the impact of high global food commodity prices on food security in 2010 in 70 lower income countries using actual 2010 price and food production information.

This report is an update to the July 2010 report, Food Security Assessment, 2010-20; it reviews the impact of high global food commodity prices on food security in 2010 in 70 lower income countries using actual 2010 price and food production information.

Estimated impact of high food
commodity prices on food security
in 70 developing nations in 2010. The Food Desert Locator provides a spatial overview of low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people who are far from a supermarket or large grocery store.

The Food Desert Locator provides a spatial overview of low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people who are far from a supermarket or large grocery store.

Map food deserts-low-income
communities with low access to a
supermarket or large grocery store.

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