【我的总结与翻译】

总结：artificially, counterproductive, keen-jerk

"The (margins) have shrunk and they are shrinking fast. So if one country stumbles, you gonna to feel the prices on the markets immediately."

“这种误差幅度已经缩小了，并且现在缩小的速度更快。因此，如果一个国家不太稳定，人们会立刻感觉到市场物价的波动。”

Msangi, orginally from Tanzania, has a set of policy recommendations for governments around the world: invest more in agriculture technology to boost crop yields, address climate change and environmental issues, improve water management, carefully consider the impact of biofuels on world food stocks, and resist the temptation to enact counterproductive measures to (artificially) lower food prices.

原籍为坦桑尼亚的Msangi为世界许多政府提供了一套政策建议：对农业科技投入更多的资金以提高农作物的产量；关注气候变化和环境问题；加强水资源管理；认真考虑生物燃料对世界粮食储备的影响；以及抵制制定效果相反的方法来人为地降低食品价格的诱惑。

Msangi notes that leaders in (Zimbabwe) and (Venezuela) have recently ordered price controls in response to soaring food costs, and said the efforts are making a bad situation worse.

Msangi指出，津巴布韦和委内瑞拉的领导人最近已下令控制物价，以应对飞涨的食品价格。他称，其结果却导致了更糟糕的状况。

"That's a (keen-jerk) reaction that a lot of countries take, instead of the producers are getting the signal that prices are going up (and) that they (should) produce more, it (actually) works against some of the responses that you want the food system to undertake (when it is faced with) high prices."

“这是许多国家都会采取的正常行动，而不是生产者得到的一个信号，由这个信号来告诉他们价格在飞涨，他们应该种植更多的粮食。该行动实际上对生产者反应来说是适得其反的，因为生产者希望在面临高价时，粮食系统来承担这个问题。”

How high will global food prices get? Msangi says no one knows for sure, but he fears they may rise even higher in coming years.

全球食品价格将会上涨多少呢？Msangi认为，没有人知道确切的答案，但他担心，未来几年食品价格仍可能会持续上涨。

又红了一大片。。。。

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