Posts Tagged ‘Food’

Volatile food prices keep people poor in the Pacific

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) begins its 9th South West Pacific Ministers of Agriculture Meeting on 5 April in the Kingdom of Tonga, with food security and volatile food prices as key issues of discussion Participants will discuss the cause and impacts of high global price transfers, and appropriate policy actions to Read more

Global food prices high and expected to rise

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Basic food items such as cereals, milk, and sugar are at near-record highs according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. The organization’s Food Price Index for February showed that prices — except for rice — are higher than they were in late 2007 and early 2008, when food riots broke out in 15 developing Read more