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Short-Term Crises, Long-Term Hope

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Meg Kowalik

Topics: Food, Agriculture

Photo: Karl Grobl for NetAid

Rising global food prices pose a very real threat to political stability and individual well-being in many developing countries. Recent unrest in Haiti and Egypt indicate an increasingly widespread trend — in fact, the World Bank has identified 33 countries at risk of public disorder.

But what should be done? The Times of London argues that investing in agricultural infrastructure and allowing producers free access to world markets — by both developed as well as developing countries — is the only real solution.

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