Specialisation not special interest for global Food Security



Tuesday, 14. October 2014

Author

Akash Arasu

From the 13th to the 15th of October, reatch board member Akash Arasu is participating in the Academia Engelberg Foundation’s Conference on Food Security. In his entry for the conference blog he explains why agriculture subsidies and barriers on food import hinder global food security.

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