By
The Associated Press
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Published: Mon, June 02, 2008 - 8:50 am
Last Updated: Mon, June 02, 2008 - 8:52 am
ROME (AP) - International leaders will convene in Rome tomorrowto tackle the problem of skyrocketing food prices and the problem
of chronic hunger among the world's poor.
Hundreds of millions of people go hungry due to the failure of
agriculture in much of Africa and some parts of Asia and Latin
America to ensure enough food for their own.
U.N. experts, nonprofit aid groups and economists say it's a
problem the world has to make progress on if it wants any success
against chronic hunger.
Oxfam researcher Duncan Green says the world is getting better
at responding to disasters and preventing starvation but worse at
tackling chronic hunger. He says agricultural development "has
gotten horrendously neglected."
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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