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Looking at the world through demographics. This blog covers population in the news. Accelerating demographic growth is now the main factor driving biodiversity loss, growing resource scarcity, poverty and social conflict. Over-production and over-consumption are worsening this ecological crisis. 7 billion in 2011 - 9.3 or 10.6 billion (UN high estimate) by 2050. 80 million additional people a year at current rates! Is it not time to rethink population growth?

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

World Bank warns food prices at 'dangerous levels'

16 February 2011 Last updated at 11:13 GMT

Food prices are at dangerous levels according to the World Bank and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since June.

The rapid increase is hitting the poor particularly hard and it is an issue likely to be on the agenda at the G20 meeting in Paris on Wednesday.

The worldwide problem is causing inflationary pressures across the developing world, as Kate Peevor reports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12477941

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