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Article: AGRI EXPERTS WARN AGAINST FURTHER FOOD PRICE RISES IN CHINA.
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- March 25, 2008
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BEIJING, March 25 Asia Pulse - Top agriculture experts Sunday warned against further rises in food prices in China, calling for effective measures to ease the impact on society.
Huang Jikun, director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said agricultural commodity price rises on the global market are the major reason for current food price hikes.
Food prices have soared on the global market over the past two years, and China is being increasingly influenced by global economic trends, Huang said while addressing the Ninth China Development Forum in Beijing, a high-level forum held annually by the State Council ...