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The new face of hunger

Apr 18, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Economics, Globalization, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Poverty, Sociology

The Economist: The New Face of Hunger Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done? SAMAKE BAKARY sells rice from wooden basins at Abobote market in the northern suburbs of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. He points to a bowl of broken Thai rice which, at 400 CFA francs (roughly $1)…