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  • Harvesting Peace: Food Security, Conflict, and Cooperation

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    From the Wilson Center  //  Guest Contributor  //  September 3, 2013  //  By Emmy Simmons

    ‘Harvesting Peace: Food Security, Conflict, and Cooperation’ is Issue 3 of ECSP Report 14.

    Since 2008 – a year in which rapid increases in the global prices for major grains helped to trigger outbreaks of civil unrest in more than 40 countries – scholars and policymakers have paid increased attention to the potential influence of global food prices on social and political instability. Since that time, spiking prices have periodically sparked public protests and governments have struggled to respond.

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