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The global food crisis

World leaders urge action on food prices

By Krishna Guha, Chris Giles and Chris Bryant in Washington

Published: April 13 2008 21:26 | Last updated: April 13 2008 23:16

World leaders on Sunday called for urgent action to tackle soaring global food prices, while promising to quickly implement measures to strengthen the international financial system and prevent a repeat of the credit crisis.

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The call for a global effort to deal with both the immediate food crisis in the developing world and the longer-term challenge of ensuring adequate food supplies came on the final day of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington.

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