Sustainable Agriculture
What are some of the factors that can cause a food crisis?
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Discovery Channel
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Discovery Channel
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A food crisis can be triggered by a natural disaster like the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010, but sometimes the triggers are more complicated. The 2008 global food crisis, for example, was caused by several factors. A rising demand for biofuels and animal feed, a volatile economy, a sharp rise in food prices, climate change and drought all played a role in creating the crisis. While the effect on developed nations barely extended past mutters at the checkout line, the heads of developing nations conducted frantic international negotiations as riots broke out in the streets over food that couldn't be found.
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