Summer 2008
The food crisis - Getting to the root of it
Soil degradation – rather than a temporary market imbalance – is the gremlin causing drastic rises in global food prices.
20 February 2009
And changing the way we farm holds the key to reversing the problem and saving hundreds of millions of people from starvation.
The rise in food prices - and the devastating impact of this inflation on the poor - have dominated news headlines around the globe in recent months and led to food protests erupting in at least 14 countries, including Haiti, Malaysia, Bangladesh, South Africa, Indonesia and Kenya.
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