He plans to make his appeal Tuesday in Rome at a summit of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Ban's strategy is contained in a draft report to be presented at the summit by the U.N. task force that he created to deal with the problem. It could cost $15 billion to implement, the officials said.
The task force has the backing of U.N. food agencies and major players such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Ban also intends to request that the United States and other nations phase out subsidies for food-based biofuels, including ethanol, that have been used to encourage farmers to grow crops for energy use rather than human consumption.
