World Food Program warns of 'silent tsunami' of hunger
By DAVID STRINGER – LONDON (AP) —
Ration cards. Genetically modified crops. The end of pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap supermarkets.
These possible solutions to the first global food crisis since World War II — which the World Food Program says already threatens 20 million of the poorest children — are complex and controversial. And they may not even solve the problem as demand continues to soar.
A "silent tsunami" of hunger is sweeping the world's most desperate nations, said Josette Sheeran, the WFP's executive director, speaking Tuesday at a London summit on the crisis...
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Jay Yen Yen says:
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Jerry Lee says:
we need water and sunshine to grow food, but perhaps the GM crops are freaking out all the insects, bees, bats, frogs and all kinds of wierd diseases amongst the animals like birds, chickens, ducks, cows, sheeps and fishes!!!
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Jerry Lee says:
and have long reached the limit of groups that I can post to ...
unless I start quitting out of other groups to rotate !
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