Robert Mugabe Attends Food And Agriculture Conference In Rome |Sky News|World News
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His rule has seen the virtual collapse of farming in his home land where many of his own people are starving, so the arrival of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has cast an unwanted shadow over the start of the UN Food and Agriculture conference in Rome.
So far, the global food crisis has led to riots in more than 30 countries, with the poor scrambling for their daily bread in Egypt as starving people in Bangladesh struggle for even the bare necessities.
While here in the UK we spend on average 10% of our incomes on food, it is the world's poorest - who spend up to 80% on feeding themselves - that are bearing the brunt of shortages.
Food expert Professor Tim Lang, from City University, believes the solution to the poorer nations' problems starts here, at home, with us. "If everyone ate like the British, we'd need to have six planets. The British are over-using space, resources, energy and saying; 'look at our efficient system.'
So far, the global food crisis has led to riots in more than 30 countries, with the poor scrambling for their daily bread in Egypt as starving people in Bangladesh struggle for even the bare necessities.
While here in the UK we spend on average 10% of our incomes on food, it is the world's poorest - who spend up to 80% on feeding themselves - that are bearing the brunt of shortages.
Food expert Professor Tim Lang, from City University, believes the solution to the poorer nations' problems starts here, at home, with us. "If everyone ate like the British, we'd need to have six planets. The British are over-using space, resources, energy and saying; 'look at our efficient system.'
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