Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows

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Scientists warn that farming practices must be adapted to a warmer world and rises in global population

Global warming has already harmed the world's food production and has driven up food prices by as much as 20 per cent over recent decades, new research has revealed. The drop in the productivity of...

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