World Bank says food crisis puts 100 mln people at risk of poverty

LAGOS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has said that global food crisis will push 100 million people into poverty, except there is an annual intervention of 696 billion naira (about 6 billion U.S. dollars). According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank managing director, called on Monday in Accra, Ghana, on the international community to improve its contributions to the World Food... [read full story]