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A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

Written by Deepak Ray, Senior Scientist, University of Minnesota

$A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes$ Harvesting soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brazil exports soybeans and uses them domestically to make animal feed and biodiesel.Paulo Fridman/Corbis via Getty Images $A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes$ CC BY-ND

Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include...

A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

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