A worker walks past rice plants after watering them at the International Rice Research Institute n Los...
A worker walks past rice plants after watering them at the International Rice Research Institute, the largest international agricultural research center in Asia, in Los Banos, south of Manila June 3, 2008. World leaders meet in Rome later on Tuesday to discuss ways of making rice and other food staples more affordable for over 1 billion poor people around the globe.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (PHILIPPINES)