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World Food Crisis: Profits keep rising

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04.05.08 | 17:05

As 100 million fall into danger of sever hunger, and rioting over food supplies continues, the British Independent informs us of the astronomical profits made by the large industrial players in the world's food economy. The figures speak for themselves:

Monsanto (seed and pest control) 64 percent
Cargill (agribusiness) 86 percent
Mosaic (fertilizer) 1200 percent

No one should be shocked, demand often dictates profits. One would be naive to criticise the very impetus behind the entire capitalist system, profit, however this growth simply illustrates the way in which the worlds large companies continue to enrich themselves on the back of the world's most impoverished. Far away from comfort of the first world, the majority of humanity lives in abject poverty, struggling simply to survive. And it is through their labour that the large multi-nationals make their gains.

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