Th e global food crisis is not just another crisis, but its implications in terms of humancost and human capability failures, human rights and human freedom go beyondthe arena of cognizable dimensions. Th e book is basically focused on the genesis, magnitude, impact and policy alternatives for the present food crisis. It brings underits analytic umbrella the problems and perspectives that accompany the crisis..Th e ramifi cation of the crisis has been analyzed with respect to its impact on poverty, income distribution, infl ation rates, investment and savings, economic growth ratesand other related macroeconomic fundamentals with special reference to developingeconomies. Th e studies also elaborate on the short-run and long-run policy optionsto fi nd viable solutions to the problem of world food crisisTh e chapters are written by well-known scholars. Readers with an interest in foodprices and policy will fi nd this book to be a timely, up-to-date and informative fortheir personal book collection. It should be immensely useful to students of thesubject, researchers, policy makers and intelligent laymen. Dr. B. N. Ghosh, PhD (India), PhD (Australia), M.CIM (UK), GFCR (Harvard), is a Visiting Professor at Leeds College ofBusiness Management and Technology, Leeds (UK) and formerly, the Director of Institute of Management and Technology, Govt.of Kerala, Punnapra (Kerala). He received his education fromAustralia, India, UK and USA and has taught in many universitiesin India and abroad including University of Science, Malaysia andEastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. He had a stint as a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China. Hehas written a large number of books published by multinational publishers includingRoutledge, Palgrave-Macmillan (London and New York), Nova Science(New York), Wisdom House, Longman and Ashgate (London) and contributed a large number ofresearch papers in refereed professional journals of India, USA, UK, Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, Bangladesh, Sweden, Korea, the Netherlands and Philippines. He has provided short-term consultancy to various organizations including the UGC, Govt. of Malaysia and the UNDP. He is the recipient of the Emerald Award (UK) for academic excellence (2006) and is the Chief Editor of Journal of Human Development.