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Until 2006, the average international price of food had been largely stable for several decades.

But in the closing months of 2006 it began to rise at a rapid rate.

By 2008 the price of rice had more than tripled in some regions, which had an especially severe impact in developing countries.

The 2008 worldwide financial crisis further increased the number of people suffering from hunger, including dramatic increases even in advanced economies such as Great Britain, the Eurozone and the United States.

By mid-2012, about one billion people were suffering from chronic hunger, which is an increase of close to 200 million since the beginning of the century.

According to the United Nation's World Food Programme, a child dies from hunger every six seconds.