By Prensa Latina,
Berlin : The conflicts originated by the food crisis will create national catastrophes at the affected countries and threaten to spread world wide, warned Jacques Diouf, director the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
In statements from Hamburg, Germany, Diouf called for larger fund allocation to give the poorest countries access to staple food whose prices are growing non stop.
The UN official reminded that development aid to farmers were halved from 1992 to 2000 and although the Earth can feed all of mankind, if the current trend persists, “we are heading to catastrophe.” Diouf latest forecast for the food price hike were social outbreaks that can be avoided if the world leaders adopt urgent measures.
Famine is about to wipe out the population in 37 countries at least and since they do not agree, they will take to the streets to resolve their food crisis, said Diouf.
The FAO leader added that global inflation not only relies on both temporary and structural factors, and if the north does not change its development pattern, popular revolts will spread.
Official sources say the price of cereal imports at the poorest countries will rise 56 percent in 2008 although world production grew 2.6 percent.