LAGOS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has listed 22 countries as most vulnerable to the global food crisis that has seen prices of food items rising, a report has said, according to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.

    It is learnt that Nigeria was not one of the 22 most vulnerable countries, which include Eritrea, Burundi, Comoros, Tajikistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Haiti, Zambia, the Central African Republic, and Mozambique.

    The FAO report stated that high oil prices, growing demand, flawed trade policies, panic buying and speculation have sent food prices soaring worldwide.

    FAO also listed Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Cambodia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Botswana, Niger, and Kenya among the 22 most vulnerable countries.

    According to the report, recent food prices surge across the world has developed into a food crisis among some poor developing countries, especially in the above-mentioned most vulnerable nations.