The promotion of monocultures is hurting the production of much more nutritious and climate-resistant traditional crops.
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Industrial agriculture has failed to eliminate food insecurity in Africa. It is time for a radically different approach.
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India and other G-33 countries are rightfully demanding that food security is addressed at the ongoing WTO meeting.
![The General Council of the WTO is meeting in Geneva July 24-26 [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/201472381635477734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Why is Monsanto interested in Mexico’s maize market?
![Mexico is the 'centre of origin' for maize [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014526114451956734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The rising cost of food is directly related to the diversion of vital foodstocks to manufacture biofuels.
![Biofuels made from corn and other foodstocks compete for land and water, putting added stress on scarce resources [AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131015141357574621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Global leaders squandered 2012, but prospects for resolving the food crisis in 2013 seem better.
The US ethanol programme pushed up corn prices by up to 21 per cent as it expanded to consume 40 per cent of the harvest
