Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Program is quoted thus: �We�re concerned that we are facing the perfect storm for the world�s hungry.� She said that her agency�s food procurement costs had gone up 50 percent in the last five years and that some poor people were being �priced out of the food market.�

The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization was quoted as suggesting that: ��all countries and international agencies would have to �revisit� agricultural and aid policies they had adopted �in a different economic environment.� For example, with food and oil prices approaching records, it may not make sense to send food aid to poorer countries�...� End quote.

The spike in food prices is also not so good for tropical forests.