From Reuters:GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people caught up in armed conflicts will be pinched hard by the global food crisis, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which vowed on Tuesday to sustain aid to 52 countries.
The Swiss-based humanitarian agency said it was stepping up food distributions in Yemen and Somalia, where rising commodity prices and fighting are taking a heavy toll on the destitute.
"The recent rise in food and fuel prices is making life even harder for poor people already struggling to cope with the effects of war and internal violence," ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said in a statement accompanying its annual report.
Other war- and poverty-stricken countries such as Afghanistan, Chad and Haiti are also strongly affected, he said.
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My Comment: In many of my past posts, I have always remarked how peace and food walk hand in hand. When a part of the world becomes hungry, that grip always loosens. Food is also a weapon in war zones, this is how control and recruitment is done in these zones.
Are we in a food crisis .... definitely. Will things change? They will if free markets and a stable environment is given to farmers to do what theya re good at doing. Will this be the case .... unfortunately and probably not.
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