Tag: food security
Economic Crisis Threatens Potato Boom
Expansion of world potato production is vital to food security. Booming potato production in the developing world could falter as the global economic slowdown reduces investment, trade and potato farmers’ access to credit, a new FAO report warned. The threat comes at a time when potatoes have become an important staple food and a lucrative [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Announcements.
Tags: developing world, food security
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