AGRICULTURE all over the world has suffered many aid cuts in the recent past,
according to the director general of the
um Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), Jacques Diouf This has led to the
world grain stocks plummetting to their
lowest level in 20 years and a concomitant increase in cereal prices- Diouf, who
recently released the Without Waiting ... How the International Community can
Promote Food Security report on the
world food security, in London, UK, Says
that while agricultural assistance in
1981-83 was US $16 billion, in the period
1991-93, it fell to US $11 billion.
The price rise will prove detrimental
for the low-income food-deficit countries as it will be difficult for them to go
to the world market and buy sufficient
food, The FAO has launched a special
programme on food production to augment food security in these countries.
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