Ben Wisner
Ben Wisner is a hazards expert with the Environmental Studies Programme at Oberlin College, Ohio, and Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College, London.
Is hunger really about not producing enough food?
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Nothing is more humiliating than hunger, U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon said this week at a world conference on rising food prices. Delegates in Rome are discussing what they take to be the root cause of the problem - not enough investment in agriculture.
But is that really what's behind this hunger crisis? And will the kind of investment they're talking about actually help the world's poorest farmers and their families?
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Author:
Nothing is more humiliating than hunger, U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon said this week at a world conference on rising food prices. Delegates in Rome are discussing what they take to be the root cause of the problem - not enough investment in agriculture.
But is that really what's behind this hunger crisis? And will the kind of investment they're talking about actually help the world's poorest farmers and their families?
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