Four global organizations call for coordinated action on food security amid surging prices, supply shortages

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The heads of four major global organizations on Wednesday called for urgent, coordinated action on food security to help vulnerable countries.

"Sharply higher prices for staples and supply shortages are increasing pressure on households worldwide and pushing millions more into poverty," the heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the UN World Food Program (WFP), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a joint statement ahead of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and WBG next week.