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(2009) Poor face more hunger as climate change leads to crop failure, says Oxfam

Authors
Vidal J.
Source
The Guardian (21)
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A - News article or press release (322)
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3 - Low (686)
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G - Generalist (1722)
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Hunger may become the defining human tragedy of the century as the climate changes and hundreds of millions of farmers already struggling to grow enough food are forced to adapt to drought and different rainfall patterns, a report warns.

Oxfam International, in a comprehensive look at the expected effects on people of climate change, says some of the world’s staple crops will be hit and the implications for millions could be disastrous .

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Folder Categories
Drought Agricultural / Artificial
 
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Hunger drought poor countries farmers
 
 
Map Regions
Africa
 

Entered by: Ayako Uozumi, 7/2009

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