UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize what he called an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the global food crisis.
Ban told a UN-sponsored summit in Rome that food production would have to rise by 50% by 2030 to meet demand. 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 many countries. The UN authorises foreign ships to fight Somali pirates ...
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Saturn moon 'once had ocean' ... host of the Rome conference - the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation - has warned industrialised countries that unless they increase yields, eliminate barriers and move food to where it is needed most, a global catastrophe could result.
(Deutsche Welle)
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