FOOD
Early Warning from Rome
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
FROM its headquarters in Rome, Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned of an imminent food crisis on Friday two weeks ago. Compared with three years back, the food crisis this time is predicted to be far graver.
The FAO said the production of wheat, rice, corn and other coarse grains would decline by around 5.8 percent due to extreme weather change. “The difference between supply and demand grows even steeper,” said Hiroyuk
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