'Food price, commodities and food security’, 9.00AM-1.00PM, Tuesday 24^th April, 2012.

Following the price spikes in 2008 and high levels of food inflation in early 2011, this Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum Keynote Seminar will seek to address the following questions: What is the current outlook for food prices at a global level?  With factors influencing food price including other commodities prices and global environmental change, how are prices likely to change over the next decade?  What effect has financial speculation in food commodities on volatility in the market?

Speakers include: David Hallam, Director, Trade and Markets Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UNFAO); Helen Browning, Food and Farming Director, Soil Association; Sue Davies, Chief Policy Advisor, Which?; Thomas Hind, Director of Corporate Affairs, NFU.

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