Ceny potravín v nebezpečnej zóne

Podľa šéfa Svetovej banky rastúce ceny potravín spôsobujú globálny nárast chudoby. V priemere sa za posledný rok zvýšili o 36%. Jedným z dôvodov zvýšenia je aj využívanie niektorých potravinových komodít na výrobu biopalív.

World Bank said global food prices have risen 36 percent over a year ago and threaten to drive millions more into poverty should costs continue increasing.

Some 44 million people have been driven into extreme poverty since last June because of higher food costs, and another 10 percent increase in food costs would put 10 million more people into that category, the bank says. Another 30 percent increase would lead to 34 million more poor. The bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.25 a day.

"With food prices we are at a real tipping point,".

Zoellick declined to predict where prices would go but said tight grain supplies mean the world is in a "danger zone."

Článok: www.commodityonline.com/news/Food-prices-enter-danger-zone-up-36-in-a-year--WB-38247-3-1.html