As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details "The Hidden Battle for the World Food System"
Last month, the World Food Program issued a rare appeal for an additional $500 million dollars in funding. For its part, the Bush administration has reduced emergency food aid. Last month the US Agency for International Development said that a 41 percent surge in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other cereals over the past six months has generated a $120 million budget shortfall that will force the agency to reduce emergency operations.
What is causing this food price hike, and what can be done to reverse it? Raj Patel explores this question in his new book, "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.” Raj Patel is a writer, activist and former policy analyst with Food First. He has formerly worked for the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations, and has also protested them on four continents. He joins me from San Francisco.
Raj Patel, writer, activist and former policy analyst with Food First. He has formerly worked for the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations, and has also protested them on four continents. He has a new book coming out on April 25th. Its called “Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.”
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