How will global food supply be affected by climate change?

ENN
Aug 19, 2015, 9:05 am14 pts
In 2007, drought struck the bread baskets of Europe, Russia, Canada, and Australia. Global grain stocks were already scant, so wheat prices began to rise rapidly. When countries put up trade barriers to keep their own harvests from being exported, prices doubled, according to an index of the Food and…

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