FULL PLANET, EMPTY PLATES The bottom line is that it is becoming much more difficult for the world’s farmers to keep up with the world’s rapidly growing demand for grain. World grain stocks were drawn down a decade ago and we have not been able to rebuild them. If we cannot do so, we can expect that with the next poor harvest, food prices will soar, hunger will intensify, and food unrest will spread. We are entering a time of chronic food scarcity, one that is leading to intense competition for control of land and water resources—in short, a new geopolitics of food. from: Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, by Lester R. Brown
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:42:21 +0000
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