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What caused food price spike of 2007/08? Food Prices project Report What caused the food price spike of 2007/08? Lessons for world cereals markets Steve Wiggins, Sharada Keats & Julia Compton1 March 2010 * Disclaimer: The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department for International Development (DFID) Overseas Development Institute 111 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7JD UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7922 0300 Fax: +44 (0)20 7922 0399 1. Thanks to John Farrington for helpful comments. What caused food price spike of 2007/08? Contents Key points.

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