The steep rise in food prices, she argues, is the result of speculation in the futures markets; the famine is a chance for stricter financial regulation.
她认为，粮食价格的剧增，是期货市场投机活动的结果；而这次饥荒也是严格财政控制的良机。
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They have also been blamed for increasing grain demand and pushing up prices at a time of growing threat of famine in some parts of the world.
他们也批评生物燃料的生产增加了对谷物的需求并推高了粮价，并增加了世界上一些地区食物不足的风险。
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In parts of Somalia, drought, high food prices and conflict have combined to bring famine.