Global development agenda 'must prioritise agriculture, food policy'

SciDev.Net: Major risks to food security have successfully helped to push agriculture and food policy higher up the international development agenda, according to a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). However, according to IFPRI's 2011 Global Food Policy Report -- released yesterday (23 April) -- although 2011 did not see the food price spikes of 2008, price volatility remains a continuing challenge exacerbated by unrest and conflict; increased biofuel production at the expense...

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Enclosure: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/oc72.pdf