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Climate change worsens urban hunger, new policies needed - IIED
2013-03-28 11:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Tackling hunger is not only a question of producing more food in rural areas, but requires looking at why poor urban populations struggle to eat enough - a problem aggravated by climate change, a report from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) said on Thursday. Policies to improve food security in developing nations tend to focus on helping farmers in the countryside grow more food, and often neglect the causes of hunger in towns and cities, the paper said. "More...
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