Extreme weather pushes up food prices - and unrest?

Published on 31 October 2011

This past year the world has witnessed a spike in food prices, which some experts believe correlate with the rising number of developing countries experiencing societal unrest. (..) Josette Sheeran, head of the World Food Program, put it perfectly, Bailey noted, when she said, “When people are hungry, they have three options: they can revolt, they can migrate, or they can die.”

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