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Summit targets global food crisis

by Sanjay Jha | June 2, 2008 at 11:29 pm

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World leaders have gathered in Rome to discuss the fallout of soaring food prices. Although delegates are discussing more about Mugabe's presence than food crisis.

A key UN-sponsored summit is set to open in Rome aimed at addressing the problem of soaring global food prices.
Food costs are the highest in 30 years, causing riots in dozens of countries.
UN officials said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would call for the immediate suspension or elimination of price controls or other trade restrictions.
But many observers have so far focused on Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, whose presence at the summit has been called "obscene" by the UK and Australia.

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Amy Judd

at 13:20 on June 3rd, 2008

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told nations at the UN sponsored summit, that this current food crisis is an opportunity to revitalise agriculture and tackle the problem that way.

Mr Ban told a UN-sponsored summit in Rome that food production would have to rise by 50% by 2030 to meet demand.

Mr Ban said export restrictions and import tariffs ought to be minimised to alleviate the crisis.

The summit comes as food costs have reached a 30-year high in real terms, causing riots in several countries.