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UN Chief Issues Stark Food Warning Sky
News Food production must rise by 50% by 2030 to meet world demand, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has told the UN Food and Agriculture conference in Rome. (Advertisement) "I call on you to take bold and urgent steps to address the root causes of this global food crisis," he said. "We want a firm commitment to moving ahead." He added "The overall global price tag for national governments and international donors could exceed $15 to 20bn annually, over a number of years." The three-day summit is being held in Rome. It is attempting to address the short-term emergency of increased hunger caused by soaring prices and to help poor countries grow enough food to feed their own. In a message read to the delegates, Pope Benedict XVI said "hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world which, in reality, has sufficient production levels, the resources, and the know-how to put an end to these tragedies and their consequences". He told the world leaders that millions of people were looking to them for solutions.
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