Food and Gloabal Warming Food by Rob Edwards

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IN Bangladesh, Shahita Khatan's children are growing thin. Her two young daughters and 10-year-old son collect cow dung from the roadside to sell as fuel, so they can buy food. When her husband has work, they manage to get enough to eat. But when he doesn't, they go hungry. "The time has come when we will die starving, " she says.

Khatan is just one of the billion people in the world who now want for sufficient nutrition to keep them fit and healthy. High prices and the rapidly changing climate have conspired to make 2008 the year of the global food crisis.

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Food and Gloabal Warming Food by Rob Edwards

The global recession, triggered in recent months by the credit crunch, has made things worse. Economies are shrinking, businesses are failing, and rich countries feel...

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