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food scarcity

New era of food scarcity echoes collapsed civilizations

December 15, 2020February 8, 2013 by Lester Brown

The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold.

Categories Food & Water Tags food production, food scarcity Leave a comment

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