Food: the crisis behind the crisis isn't getting enough attention

Telegraph: It is the forgotten dimension of the growing world food crisis. As this year's grain harvest dips beneath annual consumption – threatening to drive up prices and hunger alike – the world's attention is understandably on immediate concerns. But now a major new UN report, just published, describes in detail for the first time how the very basis of the Earth's food production system is being eaten away by damage to its natural systems. Traditionally experts have concentrated on four factors as determining...

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