{"id":56583,"date":"2012-10-14T09:26:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T09:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56583"},"modified":"2012-10-14T09:26:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T09:26:49","slug":"un-warns-of-looming-worldwide-food-crisis-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-warns-of-looming-worldwide-food-crisis-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Warns Of Looming Worldwide Food Crisis In 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Global grain reserves hit critically low levels<br \/>\n\u2022 Extreme weather means climate &#8216;is no longer reliable&#8217;<br \/>\n\u2022 Rising food prices threaten disaster and unrest<\/p>\n<p>World grain reserves are so dangerously low that severe weather in the United States or other food-exporting countries could trigger a major hunger crisis next year, the\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on United Nations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/unitednations\">United Nations<\/a>\u00a0has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Failing harvests in the US, Ukraine and other countries this year have eroded reserves to their lowest level since 1974. 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