World Food expenses--what is causing it????

[Basra-]

Now somalis are actually 'protesting' ---they never protested the 'civil war', nor the occupation of ethiopians- but food gets expensive and what do u know---somalis are outraged!!



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_af/somalia



on serious note...what is causing this food to be expensive?Is it possible that USA holds the worlds economy in their hands? If usa experiences inflation, the whole world goes down with it?? Well the bright side of all this is depopulation in africa by virtue starvation!

[Grant]

OPEC, fear of war, hoarding, world-wide shortage of fertilizers, weather dislocations caused by global warming, biofuels.

The situation specific to Somalia:

>Continuing insecurity
>Those trying to do the most are often those targeted first
>large numbers of internally displaced
>Pirates
>Growing unwillingness and inability among NGOs and the international community to participate
>No Red Crescent
>Eratic weather conditions
>Little organized agriculture

[Mzbeautifull]

WE WANT FOOOD FOOOD FOOD NW !

[The-Screw]

Basra, if you stopped eating so much we might have enough to save millions.