Anthony Nwakaegho/NaijaAgroNet
Agriculture
Ministers from around the world would Monday, 7 October assemble at the
headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome for the
second ministerial meeting to brainstorm on international food prices.
NaijaAgroNet
gathered from a news briefing hosted by FAO Director-General José Graziano da
Silvawith that some 40 ministers and deputy ministers have confirmed their
participation in the forum that is meant to pool knowledge on how to enhance
the effectiveness of measures to address food security problems caused by
international food price volatility.
It will recalled that the first meeting
on food price volatility was held in October 2012 in response to the third
spike in international grain prices in five year, although prices of cereals
and oilseeds on international markets have fallen from the peaks reached in
July 2012, they remain high and there are concerns that markets continue to be
vulnerable to supply shocks.
“The event will be held on the first day of the 40th Session of
the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), even though the ministerial meeting is not part of CFS,
it will allow CFS delegates to follow the proceedings,” he said.
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