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Rising food costs: many different events play a part in creating the current food crisis, but it is the inflationary policies of governments that must bear the lion's share of the blame.(FOOD)(Cover story)
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From Nouakchott in northwest Africa to Port-au-Prince in the Caribbean, the situation is becoming grimmer by the day. The specter of world hunger, unseen in generations, even in the world's poorest nations, is once again raising its head as food prices spiral out of control, leaving hoarding, rioting, and shortages in their wake.
Residents of Mauritania, one of Africa's poorest nations (and one of the last spots on Earth where chattel slavery is still practiced), are being forced to slaughter assets like milk-producing goats to feed their families one meager meal a day. Citizens of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Rising food costs: many different events play a part in creating the...