CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) - OECD does not expect a repeat of 2007-2008 food crisis because market fundamentals are different now, a senior OECD official told Reuters on Friday.
"Fundamentals are not there that would make us fear a repeat of the kind of price spikes that we had in 2007 and 2008," Carmel Cahill, OECD trade and agricultural directorate senior counselor, said on the sidelines of a food forum.
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