The Financial Times: Expensive tastes: Rising costs force food up the political agenda

By Javier Blas and Jenny WigginsMarch 17 2008permanent LINKJohn Beddington, Britain's chief scientific adviser, had been in hisjob for just two months when he outlined an unnerving scenario for hisnew employers. The world, he argued earlier this month, faced anenormous problem - one on a par with climate change - thatpolicymakers were nonetheless ignoring: food security.To keep reading follow