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Bookmark or Share- World Food Crisis: What's Behind It ... - World Hunger NewsThe food crisis is a symptom of a food system in crisis. Bad weather, high oil prices, agrofuels, and speculation are only the proximate causes of a deeper, systemic problem. The root cause of the crisis is a global food system that is highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shock.
- A Global Food Crisis - Photo Essays - TIMEA Global Food Crisis. Food prices are soaring. Increased demand from developing economies, rising fuel prices, poor weather ruining harvests, and a shift to biofuel production leave the consumer paying more for basic staples and is having its hardest impact on poorer nations.
- Famine - WikipediaThe Great Famine of 1315–1317 (or to 1322) was the first major food crisis to strike Europe in the 14th century. Millions in northern Europe died over an extended number of years, marking a clear end to the earlier period of growth and prosperity during the 11th and 12th centuries.
- 20 signs that a horrific global food crisis is comingThe following are 20 signs that a horrific global food crisis is coming. According to the World Bank, 44 million people around the globe have been pushed into extreme poverty since last June because of rising food prices. The world is losing topsoil at an astounding rate. In fact, according to Lester Brown,...
- Global Food Crisis, Most Worry, Others SpeculateGlobal Food Crisis. The world is entering a new era of global food crisis where rising food prices, poverty, starvation and food survival will become the new normal. Most worry, others speculate. These three words are starting to cause alarm in many parts of the world.
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