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The world cannot get richer if the cost is that the poor are left to starve
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From rice and corn to wheat and dairy products, skyrocketing food prices are rippling around the world affecting developing and developed countries alike. As prices rise, serious concerns are mounting about the food and nutrition situation of poor people, about ‘agriflation,’ and — in some countries — civil unrest.
The world’s food system …
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