From UPI:
PARIS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The deaths of 10 people during food riots in Mozambique last week, combined with Russia's renewed ban on wheat exports and floods that threaten crops in Pakistan, Canada and Argentina, have revived fears of the food shortages that rocked the world two years ago.
Welcome to the future. The combination of population growth, richer diets and the erosion of arable land means that there will be pressure on food supplies for decades to come.
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My Comment: This UPI article gives an insight on the challenges of feeding a growing population in the years to come. Bottom line .... it will be difficult, especially since the peoples of China and India are beginning to develop a Western taste for meats and grains. Read it all.
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