World Gets a Call to Raise Food Production (2/2)

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The meeting in Rome was officially called the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy. Using food crops to make fuel was a major point of debate. In the end, Jacques Diouf, head of the F.A.O., said differences of opinion about biofuels were too wide to settle. Some countries called for international guidelines on production. But the final declaration called only for in-depth study to make sure biofuels do not threaten food security.

The European Union and the United States both support biofuels. Before the conference, American Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said biofuels play only a small part in higher food prices. He said other causes include rising energy prices and poor harvests in major grain-producing countries. He also noted increased restrictions on food exports.

High food prices have increased hunger and poverty and produced rioting in some countries. In addition to short-term measures, countries are being urged to think of longer-lasting answers to feed a growing world.

The final declaration said eight hundred sixty-two million people are still undernourished in the world today. And it noted that food prices are expected to remain high in the years to come.

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在罗马召开的会议又被称为世界粮食安全高级会议：对气候改变和生物能源的挑战。利用粮食作物制造燃料是会议的辩论重点之一。最后，FAO的干事雅克·迪乌夫说关于生物燃料的不同观点太广泛而无法解决。一些国家呼吁粮食生产的国际指南。但是，最后决议仅呼吁进行进一步的研究以确保生物燃料不会危险粮食安全。

欧盟和美国都支持生物燃料。在此次会议之前，美国农业部长埃德谢弗说生物能源在更高的粮食价格中起很小的作用。他指出其他因素包括不断飞涨的能源价格和主要粮食生产国欠收。他也指出在粮食出口方面增加的限制。

高粮食价格价格已经使一些国家的饥饿和贫困增加并引发骚乱。除了短期措施之外，这些国家也必须思考提供长期的解决方案以满足不断增长的世界需求。

最终声明指出现在世界上仍有仍然有8.62亿人处于营养不良中。同时声明指出在近年内粮食价格仍会继续上涨。

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