Is Famine the New Norm?
Global double whammy of climate and financial instability
IATP "When global food prices spiked in 2007–2008, 100 million people were added to the ranks of the world's hungry, pushing the total number over 1 billion for the first time in history. Now, just two years later, we are seeing another food price hike, and more famine is likely to follow," predicts Jim Harkness of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis.
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