Rise in Oil prices means it costs more to produce food, they are saying 800 million people may starve.

No doubt this is going to cause massive global revolution.

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World Food Crisis Could Push Millions of People Into PovertyInternational officials met this month to take action to try to ease the problem. Transcript of radio broadcast:
22 April 2008
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VOICE ONE:
I’m Steve Ember.
VOICE TWO:
And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about growing food problems around the world.
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VOICE ONE:
Food prices are rising in many countries. Economic policy makers warn that the effect of rising food prices could push millions of people into poverty. Aid organizations are concerned that they will not be able to feed the poorest people.
The rising cost of food caused riots in a number of countries in recent weeks. International officials met this month to take steps in an effort to ease the problem.
VOICE TWO:
Last Friday, the United Nations World Food Program urgently appealed for two hundred fifty-six million dollars in donations. The World Food Program says it needs that amount in addition to the five hundred million dollars it requested last month.
Josette Sheeran, head of the World Food Program, speaks to reporters as she arrives for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon BrownThe head of the U.N. agency, Josette Sheeran, said the cost of food the program buys has risen more than fifty percent in less than one year. She says this is forcing the agency to either raise more money or help fewer people. She says higher food prices are threatening the security of countries around the world.
Another aid agency says rising food prices are hurting efforts to fight poverty. The Asian Development Bank has asked governments to avoid trade restrictions that might increase the crisis.