Poll results

"Since 2005, what has been the percentage increase in food prices?" results

25% 27% (5 votes)
50% 38% (7 votes)
75% 33% (6 votes)
100% 0% (0 votes)

The correct answer is 75%, with much of the increase in the past year. Wheat prices have doubled, while maize, soya and oilseeds are at record highs. The current food crisis has been caused by a combination of factors, including: rising oil prices, US dollar depreciation, biofuel production, industrial agriculture's dumping practices, agricultural subsidies, speculative investment, changing and growing food demand from emerging economies, failure of many governments to legalize land and succession rights for women, and policy implementation to lift women’s subsistence farming and local trade to a sustainable level However, there is sufficient food in the world to feed everyone

Votes total: 18