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1. 2008 Food Price Hike

twitter.com/Comparativist/status/1246661746397310976
Used by the Gates Foundation, CGIAR, and FAO to make a new push, sending Africans to the Philippines to leanr how to grow wet paddy rice
Price hike likely caused by a mix of commodities speculation and turning crops into biofuels
comparative advantage is why food self-sufficiency wasn't a problem, more profits from growing coconuts than rice in some countries
- palm oil in Indonesia
- flowers in Kenya
  - www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-flower-industry-crash/

2. 2020 covid crisis

www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/
FAO thinks food price is falling
biofuel demand has collapsed with oil prices
food export bans: www.caixinglobal.com/2020-04-02/multiple-countries-ban-food-exports-as-demand-spikes-fuel-shortage-fears-101538002.html
syria needs 650k tons of wheat
- twitter.com/Elizrael/status/1238201398325587968
www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html