Food Security: UK parliamentary inquiry

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The UK parliament's House of Commons Select Committee on International Development has published the report of an inquiry on Global Food Security, linked to the G8-linked UK/Brazil event on 8 June - Nutrition for Growth.  The inquiry report is a high level review covering: more.../

  • price spikes
  • demand
  • rising populations
  • supply chain
  • land tenure
  • biofuel markets
  • development aid
  • nutrition

with some reference to climate change.  A low emphasis on genetic resources, ecosystem approaches - passing reference to GMOs and ground waters but nothing significant on new crops or wild relatives, pests, disease resistance, soils or more complex views of water security.

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