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How to feed people and save the planet

By Sarah Murray

Published: January 26 2010 16:56 | Last updated: January 26 2010 16:56

Barely had the dust settled in the wake of Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries when international aid agencies began the rush to help. A priority was to feed the devastated Caribbean country’s population. Yet added to immediate catastrophes such as Haiti’s is the long-term need to secure global food supplies in the face of rising population, climate change and climbing food prices.

While governments, donors and the aid community have traditionally dominated food security discussions, the corporate sector has an increasing voice in the debate.

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