IFPRI General Director Shenggen Fan was interviewed for a Marketplace story on the United Nations’ report that global food prices increased by almost 4% in October. Fan told reporter Annie Baxter that strategic reserves of food can help in the short term, but long-term solutions such as investing in irrigation are necessary. He also released a statement about the report, emphasizing that by investing early, “we can focus on helping the millions of people in every country on the planet who remain hungry and malnourished.”
El Niño blamed for spike in global food prices (Marketplace)
November 05, 2015