World Food Crisis

This is only going to get worse, so start paying attention now:

• "World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday called for a new coordinated global response to deal with spiraling food prices exacerbating shortages, hunger and malnutrition around the globe."

• "Foodstuffs have gone up 41 percent in price since October 2007, pushing many people over the line from poverty into privation or even hunger."

• "What's more, worldwide food reserves are at their lowest in 35 years, so prices are likely to stay high for the foreseeable future."

• The cost of food: Facts and figures.

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2008.