IATP Resolving the Food Crisiis says: "The recent food-price crisis exposed the fragility of the global food system. A paradigm shift is underway, caused by the deepening integration of agricultural, energy and financial markets in a resource-constrained world made more vulnerable by climate change. Powerful multinational firms dominate these markets."

ETC group The Greed Revolution say "Faced with stagnant population growth and volatile commodity prices in the North, multinationals are sowing and selling South and, for the first time, taking notice of the multilateral institutions that have been there for half a century"

Jose da Sliva, new Head of FAO, in der Speigel Specualtion is an important cause of high prices says "One of the few good things about rising food prices is that they have created a global awareness of how fundamentally important it is to feed the world -- the other is that higher prices give farmers incentives to produce. Put differently, hunger is finally being given top priority. We should and can take advantage of this, by coming up with a global strategy for food security....We need sustainable agriculture tailored to regional conditions. ....those who produce regionally are less dependent on currency fluctuations, speculation, transport costs and even climate-related disasters."