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Rice export bans, initiated by several countries this month, "encourage hoarding, drive up prices and hurt the poorest people", Zoellick said in a statement released after a meeting of the U.N. System Chief Executives Board for Coordination in Berne, Switzerland.

Zoellick called for $755 million in emergency funds. "Roughly $475 million has been pledged, but pledges won't feed hungry mouths", he said. "Donors must put their money on the table."

He also called for "a short, medium and long-term response" to address world hunger.

Responses should include increased food production, conditional cash transfer programs, studies on biofuels and "action on the trade front", he said.

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