The Food Crisis is a Problem of Productivity

Robert Paarlberg, Wellesley College | April 24, 2008

It is important that high crop prices are not equated with world hunger since the well fed rather than the truly hungry are dependent on international food markets. ++ In South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where hunger is the worst, the problem is not high food prices but low farming productivity. ++ The long-term focus should be on improving agricultural productivity in Africa rather than food aid or lower prices.