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Grain, meat prices a threat to world’s hungry: FAO
Loading ...Rising grain, meat and sugar prices pose a threat to the nearly one billion people who are undernourished, with global hunger still above pre-economic crisis levels despite the first decline in 15 years in 2010.
“The recent increase in food prices, if it persists, will create additional obstacles in the fight to further reduce hunger,” the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report on Tuesday.
The FAO estimates that 925 million people are undernourished in 2010, a decline from 1.023 billion in 2009 due to a more favorable economic environment, but still higher than before the economic crisis of 2008/09.
The number of hungry people in the world had been rising for more than a decade, reaching a record spike in 2009 triggered by the economic crisis and high domestic food prices in several developing countries.
“Food prices in most low-income, food-deficit countries remain above the pre-crisis level, negatively affecting access to food by vulnerable populations,” the FAO said.
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