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
> IMF warns Africa against food price controls [nL16531470]
> BRIC club to boost ties, seek to fight food crisis[nL16182992]
> Japan fears rice, pickle diet as food supply slows [nT140308]
> FAO sees food prices staying high for 2-3 years[ID:nN15212244]
> Food crisis requires green revolution-Congress [ID:nN14503681]
> IMF weighs flexible funding to ease food crisis[ID:nN13507338]
> W. House sees food prices high for 2-3 years [ID:nN13427880]
> US working on food aid plan for North Korea [ID:nN13395026]
> Harare suspends duties on cooking oil, flour [ ID:nL1341093]
> Burkina strike over prices has mixed support [ID:nL13269311]
> Morocco's unions stage public service strike [ID:nL13746608]

CAUSE
> Food crisis due to greed, says development bank [ID:nL0697279]
> Dealers blamed for rice price jump in Iran [ID:nDAH738179]
> Food export barriers could worsen shortages-EU [ID:nL17797794]
> Bad policy, not biofuel, push food price-Merkel[ID:nL17211135]

EFFECT
> Bangladesh trade deficit swells as imports soar[ID:nDHA248379]
> In food price crunch, more Americans seek help [ID:nN25422740]
> Prices change life for Ivorian cocoa farmers [ID: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]
> Food crisis may fuel malnutrition, not famine [ID:nL30195271]

RESPONSE
> Go easy on biofuels until more clarity [ID:nL09833115]
> 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
> Bangladeshis told 'eat potatoes' as rice soars [ID:nDHA55981]
> China overseas food push not realistic [ID:nPEK123785]
> Kenya's nomads feel pain of food price rises [ID:nL04843407]
> 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]