Food pricesFood prices refer to the average price level for food across countries, regions and on a global scale. Food prices affect producers and consumers of food. Price levels depend on the food production process, including food marketing and food distribution. Fluctuation in food prices is determined by a number of compounding factors. Geopolitical events, global demand, exchange rates, government policy, diseases and crop yield, energy costs, availability of natural resources for agriculture, food speculation, changes in the use of soil and weather events directly affect food prices.
Crise alimentaire mondiale de 2007-2008thumb|181px|37 pays menacés de famine selon le FAO en 2007-2008. thumb|181px|Emeute de la faim depuis 2008. La crise alimentaire mondiale de 2007-2008 a pour origine une forte hausse du prix des denrées alimentaires de base, plongeant dans un état de crise quelques-unes des régions les plus pauvres du monde et causant une instabilité politique et des émeutes dans plusieurs pays. thumb|Diagramme du cours au niveau des exploitants agricoles du maïs, du blé et du soja aux États-Unis de 1990 à 2008, avec les prévisions jusqu'en 2016.
Haut de gammeIn economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast to necessity goods, where demand increases proportionally less than income. Luxury goods is often used synonymously with superior goods. The word "luxury" derives from the Latin verb luxor meaning to overextend or strain.
