How severe weather impacts global food supply

By Dave Gilbert, CNN

Updated 1453 GMT (2253 HKT) December 5, 2012

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The UK's wettest summer in a century resulted in low yields and poor quality grain. Elsewhere the U.S. MidWest suffered a drought.
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Impact of global food price increases – The UK's wettest summer in a century resulted in low yields and poor quality grain. Elsewhere the U.S. MidWest suffered a drought.
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Yemeni Jaria Faraj Ali: We have to go begging now. Because of hunger we sometimes tie a scarf around our waist.
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Impact of global food price increases – Yemeni Jaria Faraj Ali: We have to go begging now. Because of hunger we sometimes tie a scarf around our waist.
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Yemeni mother Saeeda Mohammed Ismail: One month ago, we had two days without any food but then we borrowed bread from a neighbour.
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Impact of global food price increases – Yemeni mother Saeeda Mohammed Ismail: One month ago, we had two days without any food but then we borrowed bread from a neighbour.
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Inés Yoc from Guatemala: Today food is not eaten in the same quantity and quality as it was years ago, when you would buy five pounds of vegetables. Now, we can only buy two pounds.
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Impact of global food price increases – Inés Yoc from Guatemala: Today food is not eaten in the same quantity and quality as it was years ago, when you would buy five pounds of vegetables. Now, we can only buy two pounds.
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Yemeni shopkeeper Ala'a Abdullah Farag Wans: I worry one day that I'll go out of business because my customers can't pay me back.
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Impact of global food price increases – Yemeni shopkeeper Ala'a Abdullah Farag Wans: I worry one day that I'll go out of business because my customers can't pay me back.
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Peruvian farmer Marisol Medrano: The rainfall pattern has changed so much and is one of the causes for the appearance of plagues and diseases as 'red poncho' which affects our corn crops.
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Impact of global food price increases – Peruvian farmer Marisol Medrano: The rainfall pattern has changed so much and is one of the causes for the appearance of plagues and diseases as 'red poncho' which affects our corn crops.
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Tajikistan builder Zoirov Otakhon: I have a very difficult life. The flour price was 110 somoni ($23) last year - the same amount I earn from [selling] 600 bricks.
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Impact of global food price increases – Tajikistan builder Zoirov Otakhon: I have a very difficult life. The flour price was 110 somoni ($23) last year - the same amount I earn from [selling] 600 bricks.
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Iris Madrid from El Salvador: Things we cannot live without here are beans, eggs and cheese, which we still eat, but in smaller quantities.
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Impact of global food price increases – Iris Madrid from El Salvador: Things we cannot live without her