UN meet in Rome to debate easing global food prices
― ITALY: The international community is gathering in Italy for World Food Day on Tuesday with a round of UN-hosted talks on how to keep global food prices in check and help prevent future commodity market crises. ∙ “Food prices are too volatile and are dangerously high,” Olivier De Schutter, the UN's rapporteur on the right to food, said ahead of the meeting. ∙ De Schutter called for “immediate” action to help stabilise prices. ∙ The Rome-based Food and Agriculture [...].
