UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis. The summit comes as food costs have reached a 30-year high in real terms, causing riots in several countries. The FAO is calling for $1.7bn of emergency funding to tackle the shortage in production. |
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