Food campaign news
Stop bankers betting on food: our campaign to curb commodity speculation
Banks are earning huge profits from betting on food prices in unregulated financial markets. This creates instability and pushes up global food prices, making poor families around the world go hungry and forcing millions into deeper poverty.
What is the problem?
Big investment banks are betting on the price of staple foods, like wheat, maize and soya. This is causing food prices to rise and making people go hungry.
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What is being done?
WDM is campaigning to put pressure on the UK government to back European proposals regulating betting on food prices in financial markets.
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Food speculation resources
Find out more about food speculation and how it is
affecting the world's poorest people by looking at our resources.
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Take action - write to Osborne
Financial speculation is pushing up food prices and causing hunger and poverty around the world. George Osborne can act to prevent this. Email him now.
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What is food sovereignty?
Food sovereignty puts the
people who produce, distribute and consume food at the centre of food systems, instead of markets and corporations.
