The Global Food Crisis, Mapped

JUSTIN GILLIS

Oxfam, the antihunger group, has been running a campaign to call attention to the global food crisis, its consequences and its potential solutions.

Food crisis caused by biofuels?

There are conflicting opinions over a World Bank report which suggests biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%.

The original study in 2008 depicted a direct correlation between the spike in prices of food products and the increased global use of biofuels.

Rust In The Bread Basket

07-01-2010
A crop-killing fungus is spreading out of Africa towards the world’s great wheat-growing areas

Jul 1st 2010

Cars And People Compete For Grain

Lester R. Brown

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth’s land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars—one that threatens world food security.

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