Record Cereal Harvests In 2014

By Paul Homewood

Warmest year or not, it appears that 2015 has been another bumper one for harvests.

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In particular, cereal production in Africa has jumped by 12%.

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There are of course many factors behind the steady rise in harvests. What we can say, though, is that it has been the result of the modern society we live in, for good or bad.