Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Global Food Crisis Is Forecasted

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Global Food Crisis Forecast As Prices Reach Record Highs -- The Guardian

Cost of meat, sugar, rice, wheat and maize soars as World Bank predicts five years of price volatility

Rising food prices and shortages could cause instability in many countries as the cost of staple foods and vegetables reached their highest levels in two years, with scientists predicting further widespread droughts and floods.

Although food stocks are generally good despite much of this year's harvests being wiped out in Pakistan and Russia, sugar and rice remain at a record price.

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More News On The World's Food Crisis

UN warns of food shortage
-- The Age
New warning over global food crisis -- The Grocer
Six casualties of the world food crisis -- The Guardian
22 countries face extreme food crisis: FAO -- IBTimes
Saving the Seas to Ensure Food Security -- Voice of America
The Food Crisis of 2010 -- Daily Recknoning
Food crisis on the horizon? -- Macleans
Opinion divided over threat of food market volatility -- Procurement Leaders

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