Rising food prices are a security risk

Sunday, Apr 13, 2008

outline:
Rising food prices could spark worldwide unrest and threaten political stability. While rice production should rise by 12 million tonnes, or 1.8 percent, this year, which would help ease the pressure. The effects of the food crisis would bite more quickly than climate change.

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In the recently year, we face the food shortage and the rising food price. Although our government adopt some measures to ease the rising price of foods, it was used only as a short-term expedient. Few years ago, we live inside the security of defending foods price rising. After all, accumulating over a long period, people are struck by the price pressure.

Latterly, I realize deeply about not only the food price advanced, but the supplies. Because the price rising of everythings is origin for ingredients shortage. For example, while I bought some eggs for cooking, it was not easy for me to decide whether should I buy. The most important reason is the price of the eggs, the price of each egg is increasing to double price now.

I think it is terrible about the price rising endless. The climate change is the major issue for human beings, and the issue of rising food price will be the next big problem. We have to care about both of these problems. To think how can we solve these problem. In the news, it is taking about we can increase the food production, but for my opinion the press in the back is inestimable. We don't know how was the situation in the future. Were we hungry, or had solved these problems.

the news resouce is from:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/04/13/2003409142