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The recent global food shortage has led many analysts to declare that the era of cheap food is over.

The emergence of affluent consumers in India and China has resulted in food demand outstripping supply, while the rise in fuel prices has meant an increase in the cost of food production.

Furthermore, the preference to grow commercial crops like biofuels has left many countries competing for food staples like rice.

Unlike their richer counterparts, poorer nations are unable to boost their own food security.

With sky-high prices, even the World Food Programme is struggling to continue its feeding programmes in poor communities.

In this edition, 101 East looks at ways the global food crisis can be resolved.

This episode of 101 East aired from Thursday, July 31, 2008