Safety Nets for Rising Food Prices

FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOTION THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE SAFETY NETS 

Food crop prices are expected to remain high in 2008 and 2009 and then begin to decline as supply and demand respond to high prices however, for most food crops, prices are likely to remain well above 2004 levels through 2015 (World Bank 2008d). 

The overall policy response to rising food prices should be multisectoral and should generally encompass improving grain price policies production, transport, and logistics safety nets to improve food security at the household level nutrition programs and management of the macroeconomic consequences of both the food price increase and the costs 

Safety net programs play a triple role in response to rising food prices  

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