Food prices skyrocketed worldwide in 2007 and early 2008 leading to a crisis in many developing and under-developed countries. In 2008 and last year prices stumbled and the crisis faded away from headline news. Last November BusinessWeek had an interesting report titled Land Rush in Africa. The article discussed in detail how Agri-business and global …
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The Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Index represents the leading global companies in the Food & Beverage sector. The components of this index are selected based on rankings by float-adjusted market capitalization, revenue and net profit. Since this is a defensive sector, the index was down only about 26% last year – which …
Food prices are increasing in all parts of the world. While the price increase in the US and other Western countries has been somewhat moderate to high, the hardest hit are the countries in the developing world. There seems to be many reasons for this dramatic rise. The following are some facts from the BBC …