ApocaDocs: Africa facing intensified 'food crisis'

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Posted Fri Oct 12 2012: from AlJazeera:


	Africa facing intensified 'food crisis' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1350082614 Seventy-five per cent of countries on the African continent and several Arab countries face an impending food crisis, a new study has revealed. Maplecroft's Food Security Risk Index, a report released on Wednesday, found that in a survey of 197 countries worldwide, up to 39 of the 59 most at risk of food insecurity were African countries. "Although a food crisis has not emerged yet, there is potential for food-related upheaval across the most vulnerable regions," including sub-Saharan African and Arab states, Helen Hodge, head of maps and indices at Maplecroft, said. Maplecroft said that low crop yields had pushed global food prices up by six per cent in July 2012, raising concerns of a repeat of the 2007/2008 food crisis.

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'Doc Michael says:

Looks like a great time for a KFC franchise in Addis Ababa!