A second food crisis in as many years is a wake-up call. At a meeting in the Italian town of L’Aquila last year, the leaders of the G8 pledged to enhance global food security to prevent a repetition of the 2007-08 shortages. Last week’s extension of Russia’s grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.
兩年內(nèi)發(fā)生兩次糧食危機是為世人敲響的一記警鐘。去年,在意大利小城拉奎拉召開的八國集團(G8)峰會上,G8領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人承諾將加強全球糧食安全,以避免2007-08年的糧食短缺情況重演。而上周,俄羅斯宣布延長谷物出口禁令,同時莫桑比克爆發(fā)糧食騷亂,說明要實現(xiàn)上述目標,仍需付出大量努力。
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