Opening Remarks on Food Prices

Robert B. Zoellick noted that the World Bank release of the Food Price Watch underscores the need for the G20 to put food first. The key driver behind the upward spiral in the food price index has been sharp rises in the prices of wheat, maize, sugar and oils. Global food price hikes have pushed abo...

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Main Author:	Zoellick, Robert B.
Format:	Speech
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank 2016
Subjects:	SAFETY NETS FOOD CRISIS PRICE FIXING MAIZE FEEDING FOOD SECURITY SECURITY STOCKS DOMESTIC MARKETS TRANSPARENCY FOOD RIOTS FUTURE INCOME FATS FOOD PRICE FEED HUNGRY MAIZE PRICES WHEAT DOMESTIC STOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RICE MARKETS FOOD PRICES PRICE INDEX PRICE FOOD PRICES SUGAR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/25975401/opening-remarks-food-prices-or-pre-g-20-robert-b-zoellick-president-world-bank-group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24995

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spelling	okr-10986-249952021-04-23T14:04:28Z Opening Remarks on Food Prices Zoellick, Robert B. SAFETY NETS FOOD CRISIS PRICE FIXING MAIZE FEEDING FOOD SECURITY SECURITY STOCKS DOMESTIC MARKETS TRANSPARENCY FOOD RIOTS FUTURE INCOME FATS FOOD PRICE FEED HUNGRY MAIZE PRICES WHEAT DOMESTIC STOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RICE MARKETS FOOD PRICES PRICE INDEX PRICE FOOD PRICES SUGAR Robert B. Zoellick noted that the World Bank release of the Food Price Watch underscores the need for the G20 to put food first. The key driver behind the upward spiral in the food price index has been sharp rises in the prices of wheat, maize, sugar and oils. Global food price hikes have pushed about 44 million people into extreme poverty. He called for global action to turn things around—help for small holder farmers, with seeds and fertilizer; better weather forecasting; better means to get produce to markets; food and effective safety nets for the most vulnerable people. We need to do a better job of feeding the hungry today before we face the future challenges of feeding the expected nine billion people in the world in 2050. 2016-08-31T21:27:06Z 2016-08-31T21:27:06Z 2011-04-15 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/25975401/opening-remarks-food-prices-or-pre-g-20-robert-b-zoellick-president-world-bank-group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24995 English en_US Pre-G20 Media Conference, February 15, 2011; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Speech
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topic	SAFETY NETS FOOD CRISIS PRICE FIXING MAIZE FEEDING FOOD SECURITY SECURITY STOCKS DOMESTIC MARKETS TRANSPARENCY FOOD RIOTS FUTURE INCOME FATS FOOD PRICE FEED HUNGRY MAIZE PRICES WHEAT DOMESTIC STOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RICE MARKETS FOOD PRICES PRICE INDEX PRICE FOOD PRICES SUGAR
spellingShingle	SAFETY NETS FOOD CRISIS PRICE FIXING MAIZE FEEDING FOOD SECURITY SECURITY STOCKS DOMESTIC MARKETS TRANSPARENCY FOOD RIOTS FUTURE INCOME FATS FOOD PRICE FEED HUNGRY MAIZE PRICES WHEAT DOMESTIC STOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RICE MARKETS FOOD PRICES PRICE INDEX PRICE FOOD PRICES SUGAR Zoellick, Robert B. Opening Remarks on Food Prices
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description	Robert B. Zoellick noted that the World Bank release of the Food Price Watch underscores the need for the G20 to put food first. The key driver behind the upward spiral in the food price index has been sharp rises in the prices of wheat, maize, sugar and oils. Global food price hikes have pushed about 44 million people into extreme poverty. He called for global action to turn things around—help for small holder farmers, with seeds and fertilizer; better weather forecasting; better means to get produce to markets; food and effective safety nets for the most vulnerable people. We need to do a better job of feeding the hungry today before we face the future challenges of feeding the expected nine billion people in the world in 2050.
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title	Opening Remarks on Food Prices
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/25975401/opening-remarks-food-prices-or-pre-g-20-robert-b-zoellick-president-world-bank-group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24995
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Opening Remarks on Food Prices

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