Spectre of food inflation

It is no coincidence that at a time when the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has, in its latest Food Outlook , cautioned that world food prices are set to remain high and volatile into the next year, comes an Unctad report calling for stricter regulation of commodity market financialisation and suggesting a tax that slows financial market activities.

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Source: The Hindu

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