Summary

The current food and energy crisis has already begun to devastate communities and deepen the effects of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The increasing scarcity of food and energy is the biggest crisis looming for the world'', according to WFP officials. At the same time, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation have warned that rising prices have already triggered riots in more than 36 countries around the world, threatening political and social stability. The World Bank points out that global food prices have risen by 75% since 2000.If prices keep rising, more and more people around the globe will be unable to afford the food they need to stay alive, and without help they will become desperate. More food riots will flare up, governments will totter and millions could die. For the first time in history, say experts, the impact is spreading from the developing to the developed world, with the developing world being much more affected.