The U.N. Conference On The World's Food Shortage is at Rome today. News summaries and commentary are listed below.UN Food Summit Unlikely to Reach Biofuel Agreement -- ABC News
Food summit hammers out plan for world's hungry -- Times Online
UN says solving food crisis could cost $30 billion -- International Herald Tribune
U.N.: $20 billion needed yearly to fight hunger -- MSNBC
Food summit blames trade barriers for high prices -- Reuters
Cut biofuel targets to feed the poor, leaders are urged -- Times Online
US attacked at food summit over biofuels -- Guardian
Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe's economic problems -- Yahoo News
Zimbabwe's land reforms are an example to all, claims Mugabe -- Independent
Robert Mugabe: UK to blame for Zimbabwe's starving -- Times Online
World leaders tone down menu over fears of hypocrisy -- Times Online
4.5 million drought-stricken Ethiopians need food aid: govt -- Yahoo News
World food supply must rise 50%, Ban Ki Moon tells Rome summit -- Times Online
The price of a calorie is shocking governments and the world -- Times Online
My Comment: People .... who for the most part have never been hungry .... making policy for people who always are. Politicians do not feed people .... farmers, geneticists such as Norman Borlaug, free markets, political and social stability .... these are the conditions and people who feed other people.
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