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Reuters: The Sahel region's ability to produce food is not keeping pace with its growing population, and global warming will only exacerbate the imbalance, according to a new study.
Among the 22 countries making up the arid region in northern Africa, the population grew to 471 million in 2010 from 367 million in 2000, a jump of nearly 30 percent.
As the population grew rapidly, the production of crops remained essentially unchanged, said researchers from Lund University in Sweden.
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Population growth outpaces food supply conflict-ravaged Sahel – study
Posted by Reuters: Chris Arsenault on October 20th, 2014
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