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Have we entered a new era of high food prices? What factors will be driving agricultural prices and farm policies over the coming years? Such questions are tackled by OECD and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in their latest joint study to be presented at a news conference at 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 29 May 2008 at OECD headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016.
The news conference will be presented by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of OECD, and Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO.
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017 presents the latest forecasts of trends and prices of farm products and assesses the challenges and uncertainties ahead. It looks at how the recent sharp rises in commodity prices will affect the world’s poorest countries and investigates such issues as the increased demand for biofuels and how the major developing countries are shaping the future of world agricultural trade.
To obtain an advance copy of the OECD- FAO Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017 (under embargo until 11.00 a.m. Paris time on Thursday 29 May 2008), or to register for the news conference, journalists are invited to contact Luisa Constanza (luisa.constanza@oecd.org) at the OECD Media division (tel: + 33 1 45 24 80 89).
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