Aid Agency warns rising food prices are forcing some children to eat hay

Posted on November 2, 2011
by The Extinction Protocol

November 2, 2011 – LONDON- Soaring food costs are forcing some children to eat hay and leaves because their parents cannot afford to put food on the table, according to Save the Children. The aid agency said its research showed that recent price hikes had put 400,000 children at risk. It called for world leaders meeting at the G20 summit in Cannes this week to keep their funding promises for agriculture in order to ensure children are protected from rising food costs. Barely a fifth of the $22 billion pledged in 2009 to help the world’s poorest farmers over a three-year period has been disbursed, according to the latest available figures. Eleven of the 13 countries behind this promise – made at the G8 summit in Italy – will be among those meeting in the French city of Cannes from Nov. 3-4. But the aid agency said it feared the euro zone crisis could squeeze the global food crisis off the G20′s agenda. “Rising food prices are making it impossible for some families to put a decent meal on the table. The G20 must use this summit to agree an action plan to address the food crisis …,â€