Ahmadinejad comments, in which he said "corrupt management" of the world prompted the food crisis, came while he was giving a speech in the northern Iranian province of Golestan, Fars News Agency reported.

"Bullying powers hoard the basic food needs of poor countries and deprive these states of their consumption," he said.

In the wake of food shortages, the United Nations has appointed a group to organize a June gathering of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.

Analysts have said unfit weather conditions, rising biofuel and energy prices and trade restrictions are partially causing the food shortage.