(30 May 09-RV) The ongoing international economic crisis has pushed a years-long food
crisis to the backburner of political discussion. Yet the economic crisis means more
and more of the world’s poor do not have the money to buy food at ever-growing prices.
Cliona Sharkey is an Advocacy Officer for CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic
development agencies. She says Europe and the United States bear special responsibility
for the ongoing global food crisis...