Your Call 042108 What caused the global food crisis?

What's behind the current global food crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Since 2007, there has been a 40 percent rise in food prices worldwide, making rice, corn, and wheat unaffordable for many people. As a result, food riots are on the rise. How did this crisis happen? Who's been impacted? And where should we look for solutions? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Raj Patel, visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley

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