Reuters: 'Peak soil' threatens future global food security

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'Peak soil' threatens future global food security

LONDON (Reuters) - The challenge of ensuring future food security as populations grow and diets change has its roots in soil, but the increasing degradation of the earth's thin skin is threatening to push up food prices and increase deforestation.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/3c986b37/sc/14/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/199120492441/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3c986b37/sc/14/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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