UN Says Nations Should Change Agricultural Policy

(05 Jun 08 - RV) World leaders will be closing the three-day United Nations food summit later today. The UN is encouraging summit participants to start undoing a decades-long legacy of agricultural and trade policies that many blame for the failure of small farmers in poor countries to feed their own people. OXFAM international’s Alexander Woollcombe says many wealthy countries are being hypocritical when it comes to agriculture...