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Feed The World

Riots in recent weeks have focused international attention on the shortages and skyrocketing prices that have created a global food crisis. However there is an urgent need to address food security among people going hungry right now, many of whom live in countries like the Philippines where rice is the staple. Australian researchers are at the forefront of efforts to increase the global rice yield. As Sean Murphy discovered even in the Philippines where queues for subsidised rice are now common, there is a growing backlash against technology and the debt burden that comes with it.

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Tags: food-and-beverage, rice, food-processing, science-and-technology, philippines