Friday, June 6, 2008

Food crisis could hit Pacific hard

TVNZ One News, New Zealand

Jun 6, 2008 11:52 AM
Across the Pacific, where so many already depend on aid to survive, governments are nervously planning how to best fight the looming threat of hunger.

They are grappling with the issue facing so many developing countries - food security, at a time when food prices are at 30-year highs.

In the past year alone, the cost of staples including rice and wheat has doubled.

As oil prices hover near record levels, and with production curtailed by drought and the trend towards biofuel crops, experts are predicting the situation will only get worse....

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