Region warned about coming food crisis -T&T concerned about rice availability from Guyana

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Keith Rowley makes a point at the press conference on March 14, 2008 as Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira looks on. (Trinidad Guardian photo) Bollywood actors Paresh Rawal (L), Mallika Sherawat (2nd L), Rahul Bose ((Trinidad Guardian) At their recent conference in the Bahamas, the director general of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Jacques Diouf alarmed heads of government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) with the warning that the world is on the brink of a serious food shortage.