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Food and stability in North Korea: Deprive and rule
Sep 15th 2011, 9:32 from Print edition
Why does North Korea’s dictatorship remain so entrenched despite causing such hunger and misery?(206)
Famine in the Horn of Africa: How have things changed?
Sep 5th 2011, 5:27 from Baobab
Apart from hand-wringing, what have been the reactions to the famine in the Horn of Africa?(48)
On Africa: What we're reading
Aug 15th 2011, 4:03 from Baobab
Our correspondents share the best of what they've been reading of late(2)
In pictures: Hunger in the Horn of Africa
Aug 4th 2011, 5:48 from Baobab
A slideshow of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa(29)
The Horn of Africa: Chronicle of a famine foretold
Jul 28th 2011, 8:15 from Print edition
Did the world react too late to signs of famine in Somalia?(55)
Recommended economics writing: Link exchange
Apr 27th 2011, 1:44 from Free exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(2)
A special report on food: Enough to go around?
Feb 24th 2011, 5:55 from Multimedia (1)
Recommended economics writing: Weekend link exchange
Feb 6th 2011, 7:41 from Free exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(8)
The politics of food: Hungry for votes
Jan 27th 2011, 10:58 from Print edition
How much do rich governments really worry about feeding the world?(10)
Survival in the Sahel: It's getting harder all the time
Dec 2nd 2010, 11:05 from Print edition
Climatic extremes, from drought to flood, threaten survival(10)
Global hunger
Oct 14th 2010, 11:20 from Print edition(1)
Global hunger index: Feed the world
Oct 12th 2010, 2:29 from Graphic detail
How hunger has changed across the developing world(0)
Global hunger index: Feed the world
Oct 12th 2010, 11:37 from Web-only article
How hunger has changed across the developing world(41)
Commodities: The breakfast club
Aug 6th 2010, 3:34 from Free exchange
Why fears of a global food crisis may be overblown(3)
Food aid for Africa: When feeding the hungry is political
Mar 18th 2010, 11:42 from Print edition
A United Nations agency under attack(7)
Ethiopia: Live Aid-Arms Aid?
Mar 8th 2010, 10:54 from Web-only article
Was food aid pilfered?(13)
Food and poverty: The Big Apple is hungry
Jan 14th 2010, 10:45 from Print edition
Increasing numbers of New Yorkers need help getting enough to eat(19)
Rice is cooking
Dec 1st 2009, 2:03 from Banyan
Food prices across Asia are on the move(1)
Chronic hunger: Feeding the world
Oct 15th 2009, 10:31 from Web-only article
More hungry people(64)
Victory gardens: Digging their way out of recession
Feb 26th 2009, 11:34 from Print edition
Allotments by any other name(13)
The environment: More help now, please
Nov 19th 2008, 6:28 from Print edition
How to tackle tomorrow’s disasters(0)
The environment: A water warning
Nov 19th 2008, 6:28 from Print edition
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestlé, argues that water shortage is an even more urgent problem than climate change(4)
The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Moderator's winner announcement
Aug 8th 2008, 7:12 from Print edition
After an animated fortnight of debate, the votes have been cast. You have voted in favour of the proposition clearly, though not overwhelmingly.(0)
The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Opposition's closing statement
Aug 6th 2008, 7:11 from Print edition
Contributors to this debate have offered many thoughtful “pro” and “con” arguments. In the closing stage of this debate, I want to return to its main focus.(0)
The Economist debate: Rising food prices: The Proposition's closing statement
Aug 6th 2008, 7:11 from Print edition
Images of food riots and hungry people stir deep emotions. But we must debate trade-offs: will the rise in food prices generate more food for the world and less poverty for poor people in the future?(0)