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Food Security at Risk: What Do the Mozambican Riots and BHP Billiton Have to Do with Each Other?

Picture: Philip Halling Saliem Fakir - The recent Mozambican food and fuel riots raise the spectre, in general, about food insecurity and social unrest in the future. We certainly have the capability to feed all of the world’s population, but the political economy of agriculture, food production and distribution somewhat has a greater influence as to whether people can feed themselves or not. Food security though is not limited to good rainfall, soils, or the ingenuity of breeding the right strains of crops. Food security...