Food crisis needs aid on scale of tsunami to avert famine
Ben Russell
The Independent
April 27, 2008
Pressure for international action to combat the “silent tsunami” of the global food crisis intensified amid warnings that spiralling prices meant more than 100 million people could be plunged into hunger.
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A Downing Street food summit called by Gordon Brown heard calls for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to bring forward aid payments to countries worst hit as the first step towards a co-ordinated action by the G8 industrialised nations to tackle the worst food crisis for a generation.
Britain announced a £455m aid package, including £30m to the World Food Programme (WFP) and funding for research into food production methods.
The Government rowed back from its support for biofuels, announcing a review of the technology and warning that ministers would press for cuts in European biofuel targets if they are found to hit food prices.
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