2008Feb14: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that 36 countries face a food crisis. 21 of these countries are in Africa. Lesotho, Somalia, and Swaziland, in particular, face an “exceptional shortfall” (BBC).
Reference: BBC. 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7244382.stm
Image Description: Malealea, Lesotho. Photo by Tjeerd Wiersma, 2004Nov15. Image Location: Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Malealea.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
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