UN Warns of Food Insecurity

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization released its annual report on the world food situation in October.  The report warned that, “Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity.” The report indicated that, “Small, import-dependent countries, particularly in Africa, are especially at risk. Many of them still face severe problems following the world food and economic crises of 2006-2008.”  The report, , "The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011"  also warned that rising food prices and droughts in place like the Horn of Africa, “are challenging our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by half in 2015."

http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/