23/06/2011 11:22
“G20”: Fighting against food crisis together
As the Guardian reports, the G20 agriculture summit – the first of its kind – began in Paris on Wednesday with President Nicolas Sarkozy addressing the delegates, including the UK secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, Caroline Spelman.
"We recognize the importance of timely, accurate and transparent information in helping to address food price volatility, and agree on the need to improve the quality, reliability, accuracy, timeliness and comparability of data on agricultural markets (production, consumption and stocks)," says a draft communique seen by the Guardian.
NGOs welcomed language in the communique on the importance of helping 1.3 billion small farmers in developing countries, the source says.