The new face of hunger(新饥饿面孔).docVIP

The new face of hunger Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done? SAMAKE BAKARY sells rice from wooden basins at Abobote market in the northern suburbs of Abidjan in C?te dIvoire. He points to a bowl of broken Thai rice which, at 400 CFA francs (roughly $1) per kilogram, is the most popular variety. On a good day he used to sell 150 kilos. Now he is lucky to sell half that. “People ask the price and go away without buying anything,” he complains. In early April they went away and rioted: two days of violence persuaded the government to postpone planned election