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Article: Conflict Leading to Major Food Crisis in Lebanon.
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- July 25, 2006
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Food Supply and Harvest Disrupted; Displaced Population Hardest Hit
WASHINGTON and ROME, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Rising insecurity and damage to roads and bridges have interrupted the food supply chain in Lebanon, which relies on food imports for around 90 percent of its cereal needs, FAO said today. Moreover, population displacement from the escalating conflict is likely to disrupt the country's main cereal harvest, according to the U.N. agency.
Recipe for major food crisis
"These factors combined provide the recipe for a major food crisis," said Henri Josserand, Chief of FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System.
"Domestic ...