U.N. chief calls for 50 p.c. increase in food production
At FAO summit, Ban reminds world leaders of the severity and scale of crisis U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon mapped out a twin-track strategy to tackle soaring food prices as world leaders met for a three-day summit on Tuesday in a global response to the food crisis. "You all know about the severity and scale of the global food crisis. Before this emergency, more than 850 million people in the world were short of food,' said Mr. Ban at the summit, hosted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).