Precarious Global Food Situation:
How Did We Get Here?
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Past food price spikes
were event-driven,
typically resolved with
next harvest
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Now we face long-term
trends that:
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increase food
demand
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limit food
production
World Grain Production and Consumption,
1960-2010
We are only one poor harvest away from chaos in world
grain markets.
Photo Credit: iStockPhoto / Tobias Helbig
