Global food security: more European initiatives needed
The EP Agriculture Committee called on Monday for “immediate and continuous action” to ensure global food security. It believes the aid of EUR 1 billion that the EU has decided to give to developing countries should be accompanied by fresh investment in agriculture and it calls for mechanisms to be set up to ensure that sufficient global food stocks are available.
In the space of two years world food prices have increased by over 80% on average while cereal stocks have fallen in 2008 to... mai mult








