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US Food Insecurity Reaches Record High 美国粮食危机创新高 粮食危机是指全球性的粮食短缺、产量锐减、价格涨幅过快，以至造成了近40年来前所未有的粮食恐慌与危机。联合国粮食及农业组织、世界粮食计划署联合公布的年度报告显示，全球共有37个国家面临粮荒，2009年全球饥饿人口突破10亿，为过去40年来最高值。2009年10月16日是第29个世界粮食日，世界粮食日主题为“应对危机，实现粮食安全”。 ? Nearly one in six Americans struggled to afford food in 2009, according to the US Department of Agriculture.The figures are the highest since it began conducting the survey in 1998.Nearly 9 million children had to eat less-healthy foods, or?smaller portions - or skip meals entirely - because balanced meals were too expensive.But even as unemployment climbed from 5 percent in