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Abstract
Despite scientific and technological progress poverty and hunger in the world is increasing and the gap between rich and poor is broadening. How can this situation be explained? What role is played by transnational corporations in world agriculture and commodity trade? What are the possibilities of nation-states to change their agricultural policies in the struggle against world hunger?
These are some of the questions analysed in this issue of Raw Materials Report. The following editorial sums up some of the basic political principles expressed in our choice of material for this issue.