Food Security Assessment, 2005—This report projects food gaps in 70 low-income developing countries. Asia experienced the greatest decline in the number of hungry people. Despite strong growth in food production, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region where the number of hungry people (over 19 percent of the population) has risen during the last decade.

Issues in Food Security—This series of papers summarizes ERS research on food security assessment, natural resource implications, trade and external support, and food security in the United States.

• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2017
• Rising Food Prices Intensify Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
• Amber Waves, February 2008
• How Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Has Affected World Poultry-Meat Trade
• Food Security Assessment, 2006

• U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
• Bilateral Fiber and Textile Trade
• International Food Consumption Patterns