Tuesday, April 29, 2008

UN meeting to address food crisis


Key United Nations development agencies are meeting in Switzerland to try to develop solutions to ease the escalating global food crisis.

Led by secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, officials want to mitigate the impact of the steep rise in staple food prices and prevent food shortages worsening.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has said an extra 100 million people need food aid because of higher prices.

Food has become increasingly expensive, triggering unrest in several countries.

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