Includes bibliographical references and index.

Has global market capitalism caused the world food crisis? Neoliberal economic strategies have created the food crisis / Jayati Ghosh ; Speculation has driven up food prices and created shortages / Beat Balzli and Frank Hornig ; A lack of regulation has caused the food crisis / Gretchen Gordon ; Food cannot be globalized like other commodities / Bruce Stokes ; Government policies have caused the current food crisis / Dominic Lawson ; Markets can bring stability and resolve the current food crisis / Martin Wolf ; The free market promotes food efficiency and security / Bright B. Simons and Franklin Cudjoe -- Is the demand for biofuels fueling the global food crisis? The exorbitant corn requirements for biofuels have created a food crisis / C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer ; The policies that favor biofuels have created food shortages / Ronald Bailey ; Biofuels have had the biggest impact on rising food prices / Aditya Chakrabortty ; As oil and gas prices rise, biofuels can solve the food crisis / Gordon Quaiattini ; The demand for biofuels is not directly related to high food prices / Delta Farm Press Staff ; Western protectionist policies and subsidies enable the food crisis / Conor Foley -- Can biotechnology solve the global food crisis? Biotechnology is essential to feed the world's growing population / Norman E. Borlaug ; Modern technologies can foster success in poor farming communities / Jeffrey Sachs ; Biotechnology and agribusiness create cultural and economic devastation / Vandana Shiva, Maria Armoudian and Ankine Aghassian ; Biotechnology is ineffective and potentially disastrous / Sam Urquhart ; Genetically modified crops do not produce greater yields / Union of Concerned Scientists -- How can the world solve the current food crisis? Raising agricultural productivity will solve the food crisis / Graça Machel ; Combining traditional methods and new technologies will improve farming / M. S. Swaminathan ; America's agricultural policies must be changed / Terra Lawson-Remer ; Water scarcity must be addressed to solve the food crisis / Fred Pearce ; Soil conditions must be improved to solve the food crisis / Seth Borenstein ; Reduced meat consumption in the West will help ease the food crisis / Raj Patel ; Respect for women's rights is necessary to solve the food crisis / Yifat Susskind ; A comprehensive global plan is needed to solve the food crisis / Mohammad Yunus.