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Introduction to the global food crisis -- Hunger, harvests and profits: the tragic records of the global food crisis -- Root causes: how the industrial agrifoods complex ate the global South -- The overproduction of hunger: Uncle Sam's farm and food bill -- Agrofuels: a bad idea at the worst possible time -- Summing up the crisis -- Overcoming the crisis: transforming the food system -- Africa and the end of hunger -- The challenge of food sovereignty in northern countries.