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World Faces 'Silent Tsunami' of Rising Food Prices, U.N. Food Official Says
More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a "silent tsunami" of sharply rising food prices. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said the growing food crisis has pushed prices to their highest levels since 1945 and rivals current global financial turmoil as a threat to world stability. Prices for basic food supplies such as rice, wheat and corn have skyrocketed in recent months, driven by a complex set of factors including sharply rising fuel prices, droughts in key food-producing countries. Sheeran noted that the United States, which she said provides half of the world's food assistance, has pledged $200 million in emergency food aid and that Congress was considering an additional appropriation. Sheeran told reporters that the price of a metric ton of rice in parts of Asia had risen from $460 to $1,000 in less than two months. Hunger and anger have led to violence recently in Haiti, where food riots earlier this month resulted in several deaths, as well as Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia and Senegal. Argentina's attempt to control rising prices led to a strike by producers.
Opinion
I think that this is very bad and I mean bad. I think that the US should do something besides giving money away. There has to be a reason for all of this and we have to find out that reason and fix it. It seems that the world is getting worse each year and there is no one to blame but ourselves.