United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon said the food production must drastically increase to cope with the higher demands of a rising population and to overcome the crisis triggered by oil prices, climate change, and the impact of the bio-fuel market.

According to recent estimations, the measures must fill the demand of nearly 862 million hungry people worldwide.

"Hundreds of millions of the world's people expect no less," Ban said during the opening of the three-day World Food Security conference in Rome.

“The world needs to produce more food,'' he added.

 

The 50% increase of world’s food production should be accomplished by 2030, Ban said. If not, the wide spread hunger will most likely cause civil unrest and starvation.

The U.N. Secretary called on governments to expand microcredit to small farmers, reduce trade barriers and tariffs, and increase investment in agriculture.