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Food Trade Policy and the Dietary Transition
Authors
Will Martin
March 23, 2018
Related topics: 
Economy
Trade
Agriculture
Food security

The irony facing many developing countries today is that increased food trade and the implications of globalization has created a situation where certain segments of the population are simply put, eating too much, while just in their proximity lies a more significant segment of the population who are suffering from the complete opposite, malnutrition. This policy brief aims at explaining this double sided sword.

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