在5月举行的亚洲开发银行年会上,亚行发布的一份有关粮价上涨以及应对策略的报告指出,近期全球粮价飙升是诸多因素共同作用的结果。就短期因素而言,最近几年,全球一些重要产粮区因为遭遇恶劣气候大幅减产或增产有限导致了供应趋紧。粮食歉收导致库存下降,助长了投机性需求,而美 In a May ADB annual meeting, an ADB report on rising food prices and coping strategies pointed out that the recent global spike in prices is the result of a combination of factors. In the short term, the supply has been tightened in recent years in some of the world’s major grain-producing regions because of the sharp decline in their production or the limited production increase. Poor food stocks led to a decline in stocks, boosting speculative demand, while the United States