有些经济学家说，印度和中国的成本控制以及对油料和粮食的补贴，使他们日增的中产阶层免于价格上涨的实际冲击。
Some economists say Indian and Chinese cost controls and subsidies for fuel and food shield their rising middle classes from the true impact of rising prices.
萨斯喀彻温省大学的一位经济学家richard Gray认为，同以往农场衰落时期相比，当前的农场经济萧条可能不会产生影响深远或持续长久，因为生物燃料现在正同粮食和能源价格密切相关。
The bust, when it comes, may not be as deep or as long as previous farm slumps because biofuels now link grain and energy prices, says Richard Gray, an economist at the University of Saskatchewan.
这位联合国粮农组织的经济学家还说，在所有被列入粮食危机名单的国家中，百分之三十以上的人正忍饥挨饿，其中很多是非洲国家。
The FAO economist said all the countries on the threatened list had a higher than 30-percent hunger prevalence. Stamoulis said many of the endangered countries are in Africa.
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