Food price explosion ‘will devastate the world’s poor’

Guardian: Boats stranded by drought in central China last month; experts say this year's global harvest is in a 'critical' condition. Food prices will soar by as much as 30% over the next 10 years, the United Nations and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have predicted. Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the OECD, said that any further increase in global food prices, which have risen by 40% over the past year, will have a "devastating" impact on the world's poor and is likely to......

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