TAKE A LOOK-Food price inflation

Concerns about rising food costs in developing nations are
growing as protests flare around the globe.

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LATEST STORIES
> Egypt expands food ration cards to extra 17 mln [nL08590245]
> US Congress expected to spurn food-aid reform call[nN08383281]
> CentAmerica hands out cash to stall food crisis [nN08362836]
> Venezuela seeks Latin American oil-for-food fund [nN07308944]
> Argentine farmers resume protest over grains tax [nN08357676]
> WTO says cannot solve food price crisis [nSP296411]
> Gambia threatens to jail profiteering rice traders[nL07506404]
> UN says 60 pct extra food aid funds secured [ID:nN06503444]
> Food crisis may turn tide in US food-aid debate[ID:nN06430362]
> Nobel Prize winners to examine world food crisis [nN07278903]
> ADB readies emergency food aid loans to Asia [ID:nL06158532]

CAUSE
> Food crisis due to greed, says development bank [ID:nL0697279]
> Dealers blamed for rice price jump in Iran - media[nDAH738179]
> Food export barriers could worsen shortages-EU [ID:nL17797794]
> Bad policy, not biofuel, push food price-Merkel[ID:nL17211135]
> Food prices may fuel Latam malnutrition-UN [ID:nN15463718]
> Haiti food crisis shows need for action-W.Bank [ID:nN12293062]

EFFECT
> In food price crunch, more Americans seek help [nN25422740]
> Food prices change life for Ivorian cocoa farmers [nL07201647]
> Many Haitians work to secure one meal a day [ID:nN05376826]
> SE Asian rice cartel plan "going nowhere" [ID:nSP245411]
> Food crisis still playing out on world trade-US[ID:nJAK228926]
> Famine fears for N.Korea,Egypt raises salaries [ID:nL30437924]
> Food crisis may fuel malnutrition, not famine [ID:nL30195271]
> Kazakhs hit hard by rising world food prices [ID:nL30869029]
> Amazon destruction could surge with food prices[ID:nN29320802]

RESPONSE
> Abolish wasteful world food body-Senegal's Wade[ID:nN05398705]
> S.Africa weighs moves to curb food price impact[ID:nL05236755]
> Central bankers doubt can act on food prices ID:[nL05129983]
> Manila says imported enough rice to meet demand [ID:nSP3132]
> Biofuels halt would ease food prices - group [ID:nN29326737]
> UN, World Bank tackle food crisis [ID:nSP192236]
> India acts to quash inflation, guard supplies [ID:nBOM95495]
> Concentrate on making 08 harvest a success-FAO [ID:nSP94899]

ANALYSIS/FEATURES/BACKGROUND
> Big business muddies EU's biofuels debate [ID:nL29123749]
> Farmers face climate test in quest for more food[ID:nSP284721]
> Rice,wheat prices diverge as fundamentals clash[ID:nKLR229596]
> China wary of importing food inflation [ID:nPEK3877]
> Japan pushes rice as solution to food fears [ID:nT22380]

FACTBOXES
> Food price rises spark protests, hoarding [ID:nL05374891]
> TAKE A LOOK-Rice prices surge [ID:nSP156418]
> Why have rice prices surged to record highs? [ID:nSP90048]
> The ABD's plan to fight Asian food inflation [ID:nL03417096]
> World's main exporters and importers of food [ID:nL18356077]