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UK's Brown Calls For G8 Action On Food Crisis [1]

UK's Brown Calls For G8 Action On Food Crisis US: April 11, 2008 WASHINGTON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday called for a coordinated response led by the United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund to address soaring food prices. In an April 8 letter, Brown asked Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, as chair of Group of Eight industrial nations, to request the international agencies develop a global strategy to address the problem of rising food costs.

Publication Date: 
11/04/2008
Planet Ark (Australia) [2]
Tags:
Food Policy [3], Food Prices [4], Food Supply [5], World Bank [6], Food Security [7], International Monetary Fund (IMF) [8]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/international-monetary-fund-imf