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World Service,02 Sep 1997,13 mins

Bad Weather Forecasts Poor Harvests

The Farming World

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How will global food supplies be affected by drought in Canada, floods in Asia and central Europe, bad weather in Australia, Argentina and around the Mediterranean? Plus, the impact on national agricultural research services of falling donor aid and government investment. Philip Pardey of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) talks about the background to his new report.

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