Key U.N. agencies are warning surging prices could spark a repeat of the food crisis that swept the globe in 2007 and 2008. In a joint appeal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Program say the world faces a “catastrophe affecting tens of millions” unless food prices can be brought under control. The appeal advises: “Two interconnected problems must be tackled: The immediate issue of some high food prices … and the long-term issue of how we produce, trade and consume food in an age of increasing population, demand and climate change.”
Aid Agencies Warn of Global Food Price “Catastrophe”
HeadlineSep 05, 2012