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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

A huge percentage of us probably only exist today because our ancestors could laugh in the face of adversity and just carry on

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