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The Food Crisisin Asia: ThePeople’s Strugglefor Food Sovereignty
Clare Westwood 
Pesticide Action Network Asia and Pacific& The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty
 
The Food Crisis in Asia
•Impacts•Causes•Solutions / Alternatives for the Future – Food Sovereignty
 
Impacts of the Food Crisis2008
•The Rice Crisis•Rice is the life of Asia: “
We can’t survivewithout rice
”•Price of rice shot up by 34% in Feb 2008•In May 2008, it went up to USD 980 per tonnecompared to USD 460 in March 2008•August 2008 average was 80% higher thanthe prices in January and 138% higher thanthe USD 335 per tonne the year before
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