首页
登录
职称英语
The United Nations World Food Program says ______ could push one hundred million
The United Nations World Food Program says ______ could push one hundred million
游客
2025-03-28
27
管理
问题
The United Nations World Food Program says ______ could push one hundred million people into hunger.
Poor families in some countries spend as much as eighty percent of their money on food. They have watched helplessly as rising prices in recent months have created the worst food crisis in more than thirty years. The United Nations World Food Program says high food prices could push one hundred million people into hunger.
Half the world’s people depend on rice as a main part of their diet. Yet the price has tripled in the past year. Inflated costs for fuel and fertilizer have played a part.
Economist Nathan Childs at the United States Agriculture Department says another reason is the falling value of the dollar. This has hurt the ability of some nations to buy food.
But he says the main reason is export limits in some rice-growing nations. This means less rice on the world market.
Nathan Childs is an expert on rice markets. He notes that the harvest for the latest growing season was the largest on record. But India, Vietnam and others have restricted exports to keep prices down at home and protect supplies.
Thailand’s agriculture minister says his country will never restrict rice exports. He told the Reuters news agency Thursday that Thailand has enough supplies to meet demand at home and for export.
Thailand is the world’s largest rice exporter. Recent signs of an increase in supplies have helped ease record prices for Thai rice. Prices rose last week above one thousand dollars a ton.
Vietnam, the second biggest exporter, has banned exports until June. And Vietnamese officials have now warned that non-food traders who buy rice for speculation will be severely punished.
Speculators try to predict future price movements. They take greater risks than average investors. Experts say speculation is a necessary part of market activity.
But the head of the U.N. Environment Program blames it for the high food prices. "We have enough food on this planet today to feed everyone," Achim steiner told the Associated Press.
Earlier, a member of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission rejected the idea that speculators are the main cause. Bart Chilton blamed reduced harvests and grain supplies and the falling value of the dollar.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called heads of major international agencies to a meeting this week in the Swiss capital, Bern. He says high food prices could harm world trade, economic growth, social progress and political security.
选项
答案
high food prices
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4015680.html
相关试题推荐
Since2004,some60millionvisitorstotheU.S.havehadtheirtwoindexfinger
Itisestimatedthatatleastonemillionpeopledieeveryyearbecauseofcompl
Itisestimatedthatatleastonemillionpeopledieeveryyearbecauseofcompl
Itisestimatedthatatleastonemillionpeopledieeveryyearbecauseofcompl
WhatdidtheseveralhundredcollegestudentscompetetobuildrecentlyinWashi
WhatdidtheseveralhundredcollegestudentscompetetobuildrecentlyinWashi
WhatdidtheseveralhundredcollegestudentscompetetobuildrecentlyinWashi
TheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgramsays______couldpushonehundredmillion
TheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgramsays______couldpushonehundredmillion
TheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgramsays______couldpushonehundredmillion
随机试题
Smartphonesare________theoldonesinperformance.A、inferiorthanB、superiorto
奶奶是水也是山 ①奶奶生病了,要上手术台 ②奶奶的身体一向很硬朗,奶奶的善良
下列除哪项外,都是痄腮腮肿的特点A.以耳垂为中心的漫肿 B.边缘不清楚 C.
商业性旅游服务包括( )。A.旅游组织安排服务 B.交通运输服务 C.出入
(2018年真题)商业银行公司治理结构应确保()对商业银行的战略性指导和对高级
案情: 黄某、段某商议共同到某高档小区盗窃,二人进入周某家中行窃,黄某在里屋行
咨询转介的正确做法包括()。多选A.由咨询师个人根据需要决定 B.对新咨
痣样基底细胞癌综合征不会出现的异常是A.骨骼异常 B.眶距增宽 C.颞顶部凹
已知某分部工程的进度计划如下图单代号网络计划所示,图中节点表示工作,节点上方的数
某水利工程施工项目,项目法人依据《水利水电工程标准施工招标文件》,与施工单位签订
最新回复
(
0
)