ABC Radio Australia
26/02/2008
The World Food Programme says increasing global commodity prices will force it to scale back food aid within months unless donors dramatically step up contributions.
The U.N. agency will need to raise an extra 500 million Us dollars to carry out scheduled relief operations this year because of a 70 percent rise in food prices since 2002.
Growing demand for food in China and India, a shift toward more meat-oriented diets and the use of crops for biofuels have all helped drive up the cost of food.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that record food prices are unlikely to ease in the foreseeable future.
26/02/2008
The World Food Programme says increasing global commodity prices will force it to scale back food aid within months unless donors dramatically step up contributions.
The U.N. agency will need to raise an extra 500 million Us dollars to carry out scheduled relief operations this year because of a 70 percent rise in food prices since 2002.
Growing demand for food in China and India, a shift toward more meat-oriented diets and the use of crops for biofuels have all helped drive up the cost of food.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that record food prices are unlikely to ease in the foreseeable future.
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