Comments on: Agriculture Key to Addressing Hunger Crisis http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/24/agricultural-key-to-addressing-hunger-crisis/ The Campaign to Make Poverty History Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Kevin D. Hendricks http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/24/agricultural-key-to-addressing-hunger-crisis/#comment-537897 Kevin D. Hendricks Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:26:54 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/24/agricultural-key-to-addressing-hunger-crisis/#comment-537897 I'm a bit confused. His article reads like there is no global food crisis. He makes it sound like the food riots are being instigated by the very few urban dwellers who are forced to rely on food imports and therefore the international price. Am I missing something here? Are the rural folks--the real hungry people according to this article--having food riots (I don't think I've noticed an urban/rural mention in the news articles)? Or are they just starving and can't do anything about it (too rural to have a food riot)? Is this a case of the news media focusing on these few urban rioters while ignoring the starving rural folks because they're not causing civil unrest? I’m a bit confused. His article reads like there is no global food crisis. He makes it sound like the food riots are being instigated by the very few urban dwellers who are forced to rely on food imports and therefore the international price.

Am I missing something here? Are the rural folks–the real hungry people according to this article–having food riots (I don’t think I’ve noticed an urban/rural mention in the news articles)? Or are they just starving and can’t do anything about it (too rural to have a food riot)? Is this a case of the news media focusing on these few urban rioters while ignoring the starving rural folks because they’re not causing civil unrest?

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