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Global food crisis looms as climate change and population growth strip fertile land

September 3, 2007

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Climate change and an increasing population could trigger a global food crisis in the next half century as countries struggle for fertile land to grow crops and rear animals, scientists warned yesterday.

Ian Sample in science correspondent

Full Story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen ... environment
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