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Global food crisis
Will a UN-backed summit in Rome help curb growing food prices and shortages?
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2008 10:22 GMT

High food prices are affecting the world's poor
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The United Nations is hosting a three day food summit in Rome where more than 40 world leaders are discussing the global crisis that is pushing 100 million people into hunger, provoking food riots, and threatening world stability.

Price rises are being blamed on high oil prices, changing diets, urbanisation, expanding populations, flawed trade policies, extreme weather, growth in biofuels production and speculation.

We ask: Does the summit provide a truly historic chance to re-launch the fight against hunger and poverty and boost agricultural production in developing countries?

Read more: UN urges action on global food shortages

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