OECD CALLS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY FOOD PRODUCTION INVESTMENT
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
URBANISATION in developing countries will inflate demand for meat and processed foods generally from this year to 2015, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has predicted. In a new 'Agricultural Outlook' written with the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the OECD says "growing market opportunities in certain developing countries" (notably Brazil, China and India) will cause a "shift in production and export of farm commodities away from [developed] OECD countries and more towards other ...
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