BBC News - Food prices 'will double by 2030', Oxfam warns

The price of key crops could rise by up to 180%, Oxfam says Rising food prices are tightening the squeeze on populations already struggling to buy adequate food, demanding radical reform of the global food system, Oxfam has warned. By 2030, the average cost of key crops could increase by between 120% and 180%, the charity forecasts. It is the acceleration of a trend which has already seen food pri

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"Among the many factors driving rising food prices in the coming decades, Oxfam predicts that climate change will have the most serious impact."