How does free trade help secure food supplies? What does increased biofuel production do for food...

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How does free trade help secure food supplies? What does increased biofuel production do for food security? Is it high prices or low prices for food which threaten food security? What is the ‘yield gap’, how does it arise and how might it be closed? Is ‘globalisation’ (UK buying fresh green beans and roses from Kenya) good for food security?

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Page 1: How does free trade help secure food supplies? What does increased biofuel production do for food security? Is it high prices or low prices for food which.

How does free trade help secure food supplies?

What does increased biofuel production do for food security?

Is it high prices or low prices for food which threaten food security?

What is the ‘yield gap’, how does it arise and how might it be closed?

Is ‘globalisation’ (UK buying fresh green beans and roses from Kenya) good for food

security?

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Are peasant/subsistence farmers the key to future food security?

Why might a 2nd Green Revolution not be enough?

Is GM technology the key? Should private sector profits be the major

driver?If not, then what and by whom?

How far can environmental degradation & damage in one place be offset by

improvement elsewhere?What are the trade-offs between food security

and environmental sustainability?Who should own the land?

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What roles can Foreign Direct Investment play in improving food security for the

poorest?Isn’t the key problem lack of income, so economic growth is the only long term

solution?Are better models of food production,

consumption and trade needed?Or just better storage, transport and delivery

systems?Why do we waste so much?

Why do we eat so much meat?How might we be able to eat more fish?

Are we doing enough – if not who should be doing what?