U.N. Food Chief Sees Years of High Costs
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — High prices of food and oil have been swelling the ranks of the hungry since last summer, and the crisis may not end for several years, the head of the world’s largest humanitarian agency said yesterday. Executive director of the Rome-based World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, said a 40% rise in the cost of fuel and commodities such as grain since mid-2007 have raised the cost of food and transport, causing a $500 million shortfall in her U.N. agency’s 2008 budget.
