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More food is available now but it is much more expensive
Subsidies and GM crops back on food policy menu

Niger seeks to end cycle of hunger

FOOD: Supply tight but shocks could be muted

COTE D'IVOIRE: Traders resist rice price rules

KENYA: Fertilizer shortage could exacerbate food insecurity

Analysis: Burkina Faso's uneasy peace

Analysis: Getting early warning right in the Sahel

FOOD: WTO "must address" food security

Analysis: Six ways to take the bite out of Bangladesh food price hikes

MOZAMBIQUE: Cheaper new food subsidy coming

SYRIA: Cash payments to thousands of vulnerable families

COTE D'IVOIRE: Political impasse sparks food price hikes

FOOD: Please manage the food better

GLOBAL: Hunger knows no borders

GLOBAL: We need another Green Revolution

LESOTHO: A little money goes a long way

NEPAL: Government "must focus on food"

DJIBOUTI: “We are not moving as fast as I would like”

AFRICA: Soil scientists join efforts to boost food security

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A global food crisis
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Will there be a global food crisis in 2013?
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Price volatility - causes and consequences
High prices do not mean a bigger supply
Rice is king, but at a price
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