Food agency: Prices to remain high, more production needed

USA Today

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — The head of the U.N.'s food agency on Wednesday (June 25) warned that food prices will remain high and has called for a boost in production.

Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Jacques Diouf said prices are expected to remain high due climate change, continued demand for bioenergy, low food stocks and greater demand in emerging countries such as China and India.

Diouf said the problem will not be solved without increasing food production and called on world leaders meeting in Japan next month to address this issue.

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