Government Decisions Fueled 2008 Food Crisis, FAO’s Ghanem Says
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Government policy decisions contributed to the 2008 food crisis, said Hafez Ghanem, assistant director-general at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Following are comments he made at a conference on food security in Brussels today:
“If every country continues to take decisions to protect its own population, and doesn’t look further than the short-term, the result is often that everyone loses.