Food Prices
On the World Food Programme website they have the following article posted which gives a really good explanation of the root and impact of the rise in food prices. read the whole article here.
from the article, here are some statistics:
"Over the first four months of 2008 WFP paid an average of US$430 for a metric ton of wheat, compared to US$207 for the same period of 2007, an increase of 108 percent. "
"Approximately 1 billion people still live on less than US$ 1 dollar a day, the threshold defined by the international community as absolute poverty, below which survival is in question. "
I am asking myself a question today... How long?
how long will I over indulge myself while others suffer?
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