Global roundup
BBC correspondents examine the impact of fluctuating food costs on families, farmers and economies around the world.

Hunger in India states 'alarming'
Hunger levels are "alarming" in 12 Indian states with Madhya Pradesh being comparable to Ethiopia and Chad, a report says.

Food shortages warning for Nepal
The government of Nepal and the UN warn that hundreds of thousands of people are facing severe food shortages.

Dismay at collapse of trade talks
International negotiators express disappointment at the failure of trade talks in Geneva, but some vow to fight on.

Food crisis looms in East Africa
More than 14m people in the Horn of Africa are in need of food aid because of drought and rocketing food and fuel prices, the United Nations warns.

EU makes production top priority
The EU's response to the food crisis is to put more support behind production and less behind conservation.

UN sets out food crisis measures
The UN secretary general calls for revitalising agriculture as a way of tackling the world's worsening food crisis.

Ten-year forecast of high prices
Expect higher food prices and volatile commodity markets, says a report by the UN's food organisation and OECD.

UN plan to increase food supplies
A UN summit on the food crisis pledges to help farmers in poor countries and double world food production.

Turning Russia's soil into riches
Two British farmers from Nottinghamshire break new ground in Russia.

Case study: Impact on six families
Six families around the world share their shopping list and tell the BBC how the global rise in food prices has affected their eating habits.

Could GM crops help feed Africa?
The BBC's Jeremy Cooke investigates whether genetically modified food could be the answer for Africa's farmers.

Liberians drop rice for spaghetti
Rice is now too expensive for many Liberians, who are starting to eat spaghetti instead.

Unnatural roots of the food crisis
Why the loss of biodiversity and abandonment of ecology-friendly farming undermine attempts to feed the world.

Food imports 'to top $1 trillion'
The amount being spent globally on food imports is set to top $1 trillion (£528bn) in 2008, a report estimates.

World Bank backs action plan
The World Bank endorses emergency measures to tackle rising food prices around the world.

Hope of rice exports cuts prices
Rice prices fall as Pakistan says it will permit exports of the staple grain, easing fears of a global food shortage.

World hunger's urban edge
City dwellers have become a vocal and politically effective force, angered by soaring food prices, says the BBC's Stephanie Holmes.

View from Haiti: Aid worker
Prospery Raymond, Christian Aid's country representative in Haiti, reports on the island's food riots.

Who is to blame for price rises?
Investors are piling money into food commodities and options and prices are rising - are these speculators to blame?

Long era of cheap food is over
World food prices will fall from their recent high spike, but are set to level off at a far higher average than seen before the crisis erupted, says the FAO.

UN increases food aid by $1.2bn
The UN will give an additional $1.2bn (£613m) of food aid to the nations hardest hit by rising food prices.

Bangladesh faces food crisis
In Bangladesh the food queues are growing longer as the price of food continues to soar.

Tortilla prices hurt the poor
Rising corn and fuel prices are pushing up the cost of a Mexican staple, the tortilla, writes the BBC's Duncan Kennedy.

Ethiopia's 'green drought'
Gavin Hewitt reports on hunger in Ethiopia

BBC World Food Price Index
Graphs showing how the cost of food around the world is changing, according to the BBC's World Food Price Index.

World wakes up
Unravelling the factors that forced prices to spiral

Shopping lists
How food price rises have affected eating habits

Bioenergy
Is 'green' fuel actually causing food price spikes?