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World leaders confer in Rome as food prices rise
World leaders are gathering in Rome to address the crisis of rising food prices. Making an appearance is President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, which faces 165,000% inflation. We speak the BBC’s XYC in Rome and with soil expert Pedro Sanchez from Columbia University who says one answer to the crisis might be the dirt under our feet.