food price crisis

Responding to an announcement by the FAO that global food prices remained steady during April but cereal prices have gone up by as much as 5.5% since March, Luca Chinotti, Food Policy Advisor for O

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Peace said:

World Development Report:

“Women do most of the world’s work but have a minority of the world’s jobs.

Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: 

 

Verdict on the spring meetings

 

OXFAM REACTION: G20 finance ministers

 

Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said: 

 

The world’s leading economies must act now to stop the price of basic foods from surging further out of the reach of poor people. They must also commit to a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to help millions of people hit by the economic crisis and climate change.

The FAO announced today that world food prices have reached a new historic peak - surpassing levels seen during the global food price crisis of 2007 - 08 when the number of hungry people in