Rising food prices threaten world's poor people, says IFPRI

摘要

Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, and urbanization are all converging to transform food production, markets, and consumption, according to a report released last week by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute. As a result, global food demand and prices are likely to rise, threatening the livelihoods and nutrition of poor people in developing countries, IFPRI said in "The World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Actions." The report was presented to the annual meeting in Beijing of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global network of 15 ag research centers.