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Waste not want not

August 8, 2011

India wastes more food than Australia produces or the UK consumes. That at a time when millions of poor Indians, especially women and children are starving. Cannot think of a more ironical situation. Why does this happen and can we do something about it? Read on.

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Recurrent food crisis in Africa

July 7, 2011

For the last four decades the world has been hearing about droughts in Sub Saharan Africa and the food crisis. Another one is upon us and the UN has already announced a famine in Somalia. Once again failure of rain is being blamed for the situation. May be true but is it the whole truth? Don’t think so. Read on to see WHAT I think are the core causes.

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