Hunger Games: How to Avoid Real Food Riots (Op-Ed)

The global food system is heavily networked and complex, making it vulnerable to a variety of risks. In 2007 and 2008, the world watched how a modern-era food crisis erupted from the complex interplay of several drivers: droughts in major grain- and cereal-producing regions, increased biofuel production consuming grain supplies, and a range of long-evolving structural policy failures. The International Food Policy Research Institute's "Reflections on the Global Food Crisis" report highlights how