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ROME — Delegates to a U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday trying to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat a crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide.
The proposed declaration would call for stepped-up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on biofuels. It ended with a pledge to alleviate the suffering caused by the price crisis, stimulate food production, increase investment in agriculture, address obstacles to food access and use resources in a sustainable way.
The summit at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was to convene for a final day today.
