Climate change, biofuels partially to blame
(NEWSER) - The cost of food staples is set to more than double over the next two decades, Oxfam says, as we enter a “permanent food crisis." World hunger had steadily decreased for decades, the Guardian reports, but with demand exceeding production, the numbers of hungry people are once again on the rise. Climate change, loss of natural resources, the burgeoning global population, and biofuels are to blame as agricultural yields’ average growth rate will likely drop to less than 1% in the next 10 years. More»
