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[Livingontheland] Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade
- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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- Subject: [Livingontheland] Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:00:10 -0600
from The Guardian/UK
Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade, UN Report Warns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jun/15/food-prices-rise-un-report
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by The Guardian/UK
Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send
prices soaring, according to the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation
"Investment to encourage the 1 billion people whose livelihoods rely on
smallholder agriculture is vital. Not only will this increase yields but will
go a long way to increase prosperity in poverty stricken regions," said
Barbara Crowther, director of communications at the Fairtrade Foundation."
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- [Livingontheland] Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade, Tradingpost, 06/17/2010
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