Food prices to stay high for a decade
The era of cheap and plentiful food was declared at an end yesterday as a key international report issued a warning that high world food prices will continue for at least a decade.
Much bigger family food bills will remain an everyday fact of life for consumers across the West, while for poor nations permanently dearer food will spell widespread hunger, famine and civil conflict, the study from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said.