Sustainable Development is a fairly new term and has been used in ways that may not express the actual principles involved. The term is being used to describe new technologies as well as new economies, and both are connected.
The World is experiencing a global food price crisis which saw prices of wheat rising by 130% in the year to March 2008, and those of soya and rice rising by 87% and 74% respectively over the same period. The consequences of this are real increases of poverty, global inequality and a reduction in life expectancy. Prices have since declined since March, but are still somewhat higher than levels back in 2000.
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