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The Index shows price changes of major agricultural commodities.
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Prices of most food commodities have increased sharply.
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High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy

The conference will be held in Rome from 3-5 June 2008. The focus will be on how agriculture can continue to produce adequate quantities of food for the world’s growing population, and particularly the poor and vulnerable, in changing climatic conditions.

The Conference will address the specific challenges from climate and bioenergy for the food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors.
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