2011
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1108.2455
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The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East

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“…Moreover, while labor strikes are not uncommon in South Africa, these events have been widely considered to be the most violent in the country since the end of apartheid in 1994 [2,3]. This is consistent with the view that when people are unable to feed themselves and their families, desperation leads to social unrest [7]. Previously, xenophobic riots in May of 2008 stood out as the bloodiest violence since apartheid [8].…”
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“…Moreover, while labor strikes are not uncommon in South Africa, these events have been widely considered to be the most violent in the country since the end of apartheid in 1994 [2,3]. This is consistent with the view that when people are unable to feed themselves and their families, desperation leads to social unrest [7]. Previously, xenophobic riots in May of 2008 stood out as the bloodiest violence since apartheid [8].…”
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“…The conditions that give rise to social violence are often poorly understood. Here, however, we provide evidence for a link between the violence in South Africa and the rapidly rising food prices that have affected many parts of the world, including triggering widespread food riots in 2007-08 and the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East often called the Arab Spring in 2010-11 [7]. At the beginning of August 2012, when the labor riots started, corn (maize) prices rose to record highs driven in part by a drought in the US Midwest, but also by other underlying causes that have increased food prices rapidly in recent years.…”
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“…The question of whether the conversion of corn to ethanol will continue to rise is critical. If the current trend continues, later this year or early next year grain prices will reach levels sufficient to cause widespread social unrest [7], even without the bubbles caused by speculation.…”
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