World Food Program issues 'emergency appeal' for funds

Submitted by Gluts Health on March 25, 2008 - 03:00.

If $500 million isn't raised by May 1, food rations will have to be cut, the U.N. agency warns.

With food and fuel prices soaring, the United Nations agency charged with feeding the world's hungry has launched an "extraordinary emergency appeal" to cover costs and avoid having to cut aid, a senior official said Monday.