Since 2017, the prevalence and absolute number of undernourished people have been increasing. While much of the recent surge in global food prices can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the food security crisis will not be over when prices come down to...

The structural and acute causes of the food price crisis in 2022 are more complex and more severe than in 2008, but with regard to the risk of excessive speculation, lessons can be learned from the experience of the past price crises. Preventing excessive speculation in commodity futures markets...