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Workers harvest soybeans in Nova Mutum, Mato Grosso state in western Brazil, in this February 29, 2008 file photo. Recent floods and droughts may be harbingers of a troubled future for Brazilian farmers, who worry that climate change could severely disrupt production in one of the world's breadbaskets. Picture taken February 29, 2008. To match feature BRAZIL-CLIMATE/ REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/Files (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER AGRICULTURE)
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Josette Sheeran (C), World Food Programme (WFP) executive director, Kenro Oshidari (L), WFP regional director for Asia, and Stephen Anderson, WFP country director and representative for the Philippines, views the Laguna ...




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