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1、实用标准文案ThenewfaceofhungerGlobalfoodshortageshavetakeneveryonebysurprise.Whatistobedone?SAMAKEBAKARYsellsricefromwoodenbasinsatAbobotemarketinthenorthernsuburbsofAbidjaninCôted'Ivoire.HepointstoabowlofbrokenThairicewhich,at400CFAfrancs(roughly$1)perkilogram,isthemost
2、popularvariety.Onagooddayheusedtosell150kilos.Nowheisluckytosellhalfthat.“Peopleaskthepriceandgoawaywithoutbuyinganything,”hecomplains.InearlyApriltheywentawayandrioted:twodaysofviolencepersuadedthegovernmenttopostponeplannedelections.“Worldagriculturehasenteredane
3、w,unsustainableandpoliticallyriskyperiod,”saysJoachimvonBraun,theheadoftheInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)inWashington,DC.Toproveit,foodriotshaveeruptedincountriesallalongtheequator.InHaiti,protesterschanting“We'rehungry”forcedtheprimeministertoresig
4、n;24peoplewerekilledinriotsinCameroon;Egypt'spresidentorderedthearmytostartbakingbread;thePhilippinesmadehoardingricepunishablebylifeimprisonment.“It'sanexplosivesituationandthreatenspoliticalstability,”worriesJean-LouisBillon,presidentofCôted'Ivoire'schamberofcomm
5、erce.Lastyearwheatpricesrose77%andrice16%(seechart1).Theseweresomeofthesharpestrisesinfoodpricesever.Butthisyearthespeedofchangehasaccelerated.SinceJanuary,ricepriceshavesoared141%;thepriceofonevarietyofwheatshotup25%inaday.Some40kmoutsideAbidjan,MariamKone,whogrow
6、ssweetpotatoes,okraandmaizebutfeedsherfamilyonimportedrice,laments:“Riceisveryexpensive,butwedon'tknowwhy.”Thepricesmainlyreflectchangesindemand—notproblemsofsupply,suchasharvestfailure.ThechangesincludethegentleupwardpressurefrompeopleinChinaandIndiaeatingmoregrai
7、nandmeatastheygrowrichandthesudden,voraciousappetitesofwesternbiofuelsprogrammes,whichconvertcerealsintofuel.Thisyeartheshareofthemaize(corn)cropgoingintoethanolinAmericahasrisenandtheEuropeanUnionisimplementingitsownbiofuelstargets.Tomakemattersworse,morefebrilebe
8、haviourseemstobeinfluencingmarkets:exportquotasbylargegrainproducers,rumoursofpanic-buyingbygrainimporters,moneyfromhedgefundslookingfornewmarket
