The global food business is increasingly complex, with new players, new linkages, and cause-and-effect reactions that impact food supply and prices, says Paul Roberts, journalist and author of The End of Food. Growers need to be aware of event chains (events that occur continents away but have a chain reaction that impacts their business) and have a better understanding of what’s behind new complexities, if they are to be successful and profitable for the long term, Roberts said. For example, the root cause of last year’s revolutionary wave of demonstrations in the Arab world was not longstanding political tensions or […]