Food crisis spurs research spending
More than 20 United Nations development agencies joined the World Bank and the World Trade Organization this week in Bern, Switzerland, to discuss emergency humanitarian aid and other measures to combat the growing world food crisis. The World Food Programme says it needs an extra US$755 million just to meet existing needs for food aid.
The acute crisis is mainly due to market causes, but it is throwing the spotlight on the underlying problem of chronic underinvestment in agricultural research, experts say... www.nature.com
