Monday, January 28, 2019

Extreme weather and geopolitics major drivers of increasing 'food shocks'

Global food production is suffering from an increasing number of 'food shocks,' with most caused by extreme weather and geopolitical crises. An international study looked at the incidence of land and marine food shocks -- sudden losses in food production -- between 1961 and 2013.

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