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Food prices still relevant on World Food Day
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Oct 17 08
Witnessed: 1575 times
Issues: Food & health & development, Poverty, Water
Tags: FAO, food shortage, hunger, kenya, starvation, World Food Day
Developing countries are still hit hard by food costs.
As World Food Day is marked, human rights groups claim the current agricultural system needs to be reconsidered if the hungry are to be fed.
Laura Kyle reports. (October 16, 2008)
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