Extreme weather eats up world’s food, leading to rising costs, unrest, hunger

Worldwide droughts, wildfires, animal diseases and floods are taking a huge toll on agriculture that we can ill afford

25 July 2021 - 22:12 By Bloomberg News

Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise...

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