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Jean Ziegler, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2000-2008)

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The world’s population is set to reach seven billion and will keep growing fast. How can we feed seven billion people and prevent a world food crisis? According to Jean Ziegler, who was UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, a child dies of hunger every five seconds. He points to several causes, such as rising food prices due to speculation as well as agricultural subsidies in Western countries.

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