2008Feb25: The United Nations World Food Programme warns that it does not have enough money to feed the hungry due to rising food prices caused by rising demand for animal feed, the use of more land and agricultural produce for biofuels, and climate change (UK Guardian, 2008).
Reference: UK Guardian. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/26/food.unitednations
Image Description: United Nations C-130 Hercules transports deliver food to the Rumbak region of Sudan. Photo by Matt Murphy, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, 2004Oct12. Image Location: US State Department. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/37527.htm Image Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
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