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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] TheBestUsername@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining...

There's a war in El Niño? What does that even mean? I thought El Niño was a weather thing, not a location.

[–] Followupquestion@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Oxford commas forever. Commas save lives, people!

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