| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| 引言/INTRODUCTION | 第8页 |
| 一、 CHAPTER ONE:An overview of food crisis through a definition, the management byagricultural countries and the relationship of food prices, governments and financialmarkets | 第8-37页 |
| (一) 1. Definition of a "food crisis" | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Food security | 第9-11页 |
| (二) 2. Literature, Historical and Economic Patterns of food crisis | 第11-19页 |
| (三) 3. The social, economic and financial ways agricultural countries manage a food crisis | 第19-29页 |
| 3.1 China | 第19-22页 |
| 3.2 India | 第22-27页 |
| 3.3 Mauritius | 第27-29页 |
| (四) 4. The relationship of Food prices & Food security and Governments & Financialmarkets in decision-making for agriculture and food | 第29-37页 |
| 4.1 Food prices & Food security and governments | 第29-34页 |
| 4.2 Food prices & Food security and financial markets | 第34-37页 |
| 二、CHAPTER TWO:The immediate and subsequent effects of a Food crisis on people,governments and financial markets | 第37-47页 |
| (一) 2.1 The immediate consequences of a food crisis | 第38-43页 |
| 2.1.1 People (rural-urban area) | 第38-40页 |
| 2.1.2 Governments (import-export) | 第40-42页 |
| 2.1.3 Financial markets | 第42-43页 |
| (二) 2.2 The subsequent impacts after immediate consequences of food crisis | 第43-47页 |
| 2.2.1 People | 第43-45页 |
| 2.2.2 Governments | 第45-47页 |
| 三、CHAPTER THREE:Economic and Financial causes of Food crisis | 第47-80页 |
| (一) 3.1 Main economic reasons of a food crisis | 第50-66页 |
| 3.1.1 Population growth (Malthus theory) | 第50-54页 |
| 3.1.2 Biofuel as a cause for less food supply and a cause for food crisis | 第54-58页 |
| 3.1.3 Economic development of countries creating a growing demand of food (Case studies of China and India) | 第58-64页 |
| 3.1.4 There is less food supply (food shortage from poorer crop harvests) | 第64-66页 |
| (二) 3.2 Main financial main reasons of a food crisis | 第66-75页 |
| 3.2.1 Using food as a financial commodity with virtual wealth | 第66-69页 |
| 3.2.2 Over-speculation in financial market | 第69-71页 |
| 3.2.3 Poor rural finance system | 第71-75页 |
| (三) 3.3 Questions on assessing the causes of a food crisis being of financial and/or economic origin | 第75-80页 |
| 3.3.1 Questions arising from assessing food crisis to be caused by financial reasons | 第75-77页 |
| 3.3.1.1 Food as a financial commodity with virtual wealth | 第75-76页 |
| 3.3.1.2 Over-speculation in the financial market | 第76页 |
| 3.3.1.3 Poor rural finance | 第76-77页 |
| 3.3.2 Questions arising from assessing food crisis to be caused by economic reasons | 第77-80页 |
| 3.3.2.1 Population growth (Malthus theory) | 第77-78页 |
| 3.3.2.2 Biofuel | 第78页 |
| 3.3.2.3 Economic development | 第78-79页 |
| 3.3.2.4 Less food supply | 第79-80页 |
| 3.3.3 Possible impacts of such questions on our current financial and economic system | 第80页 |
| 四、CHAPTER FOUR:Recommendations proposed | 第80-83页 |
| (一) 4.1 Recommendations deduced from research findings during the study of food crisis, impacts and subsequent impacts | 第80-82页 |
| (二) 4.2 Recommendations for further research | 第82-83页 |
| 结语/CONCLUSION | 第83-85页 |
| 参考文献/REFERENCES | 第85-93页 |
| 附录/APPENDIX | 第93页 |
| List of Figures And Tables | 第93页 |
