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        Article Author: Mara Baviera

        Food Wars

        by Mara Bavieraand Walden Bello
        • Subject
          • Ecology
          • Political Economy
            • Economic Crisis
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        • Vol. 61, No. 03 (July-August 2009)

        July 1, 2009

        In 2006–08, food shortages became a global reality, with the prices of commodities spiraling beyond the reach of vast numbers of people. International agencies were caught flatfooted, with the World Food Program warning that its rapidly diminishing food stocks might not be able to deal with the emergency.

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