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Afghanistan and African nations at greatest risk from world food shortages

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Soaring commodity prices and natural disasters in Russia and Pakistan have combined to put African nations and conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan most at risk from food shortages. The report highlights climate change as having a 'profound effect on global food security', with a heatwave in Russia coinciding with devastating floods in Pakistan â€' ranked 30th and 'high risk' in the index.

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