date:Nov 12, 2012
are the improved international coordination and market transparency brought about by the G20's Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), which has helped to prevent panic and to stop the worst drought in decades turning into a food price crisis as has happened in the past, said Jos Graziano da Silva, director-general, FAO. AMIS has its Secretariat at FAO.
Droughts or floods are not what causes crises, it's lack of governance. In a globalised world, we cannot have food security in only one