New York Times Editorial: Politics and Hunger

An editorial from today's New York Times on the global food summit that occurred last week. The editorial criticized that domestic politics of more-developed nations trumped "both humanitarian concerns and sound strategic calculations." at the summit. It also mentioned the factors of the food crisis, including the "misguided mandates and subsidies in the United States and Europe to produce energy from crops." It called for an end to the "fat" subsidies that the richest nations' provide to farmers and noted that "these subsidies depressed food prices for years and discouraged investment in agriculture across much of the developing world. In a world of growing demand and far too much hunger, they have no justification at all."

Here is the link to the full article.