Rising prices of food commodities and petrol prices are risking to hinder economic growth in Asia, according to the report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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More Agricultural Investments Needed to Alleviate Hunger
The International Research Institute (IRRI) called for sustained global reinvestment in agriculture to cut soaring food prices that it said have made seventy five million more people hungry.
World Food Prices Will Remain At Above Average Levels
The world’s poorest nations are most vulnerable, particularly the urban poor in food importing countries, and will require increase humanitarian aid to stave off hunger and undernourishment, a joint agricultural outlook by the Organized for Economic Cooperation and Development and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization sites.