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Experts Say Global Warming Affecting Crops, Food Supply


04 June 2008
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U.N. Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moon, right, and FAO director general Jacques Diouf meet journalists at the U.N. food crisis summit held in Rome, Wednesday, 04 June 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, and FAO Director General Jacques Diouf meet journalists at UN food crisis summit in Rome, Wednesday, 04 June 2008

An international conference on world food security and climate change is taking place in Rome. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is there, along with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Experts say global warming is having an impact on the world's food supply and may impact it even more in the future. VOA's Carolyn Presutti explains.

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