Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 1,3, University of Freiburg (Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Finanzwissenschaft I), course: The Economics and Politics of Global Agriculture and Trade, language: English, abstract: Between 2005 and 2008 the prices of most major cereals almost doubled or tripled, causing violent food riots al...