Benoît Daviron: "Biofuels raise questions about whether consumption models are justified"

17/10/2011 - Article

VIDEOS. What are the implications of agricultural price volatility for food security? This is the question posed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in late 2010 to the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE). The conclusions of the subsequent report, entitled "Price Volatility and Food Security", are being presented to the CFS at its annual meeting from 17 to 22 October 2011. Interview (in French) on the key points of the report with Benoît Daviron, an economist at CIRAD who coordinated the report.

Explanation for the sustained, ongoing rise in food prices

Opening the debate on sensitive agricultural issues

Rich countries, poor countries: two situations to be distinguished from each other

Putting food security at the heart of trade talks