EU warns of end to cheap food and looming global crisis

EU development commissioner Louis Michel has warned that the days of "cheap food are over" and that the world faces a major food crisis unless there is a global response to higher prices.
Speaking during the European Parliament debate on food prices in Strasbourg earlier this week, Michel said that there was a global crisis brewing.

"It might be less visible than the energy crisis but it could have devastating economic and humanitarian effects, especially in Africa," Michel said.