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The global food problem isn't what you think (Washington Post)
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Washington Post published an op-ed by former Senior Research Fellow Gerald Nelson regarding the disconnect between agricultural research institutions and their lack of solidarity in achieving nutrition problems. Nelson dubbed the need for affordable and nutritious calories among rising global population rates “Calorie Fundamentalism.”
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