Food crisis requires reversing long-term underemphasis on agriculture in many developing countries, UNCTAD chief tells food summit

Says current high prices are chance to end developed nations´ crops subsidies; more investment needed to spread technology useful to poor-country farmers; role of speculators in recent price boom should be assessed

3 June - A long-term agricultural decline in poor countries caused in part by imports of subsidized food from the world´s rich nations has left the world´s developing regions vulnerable to the current spike in food prices, UNCTAD´s Secretary-General told a high-level meeting in Rome today. More >>