Soaring food prices, food hoarding, and the resulting riots in Africa and Asia leave us in no doubt that there is a global food shortage, “A silent tsunami which knows no borders is sweeping the world,” says Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Price hikes will push 100 million people deeper into poverty, says the World Bank.
Who’s to blame, what’s to blame, is anyone to blame, and what impact has the production of bio-fuels had on food production?
Next month in the Galactic Times, we look at the bigger picture. What are the reasons surrounding the famine, misery and malnutrition engulfing countries around the world?
Write in and tell us what you know, and what your take on it is?
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