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Why supermarkets are rationing food and how to prevent future shortages

Written by Manoj Dora, Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University

Calls for the government to provide better support to UK food producers have intensified recently as supermarkets have been forced to ration sales of some fresh produce. Weather-related disruption has caused supply shortages of vegetables from places including Spain and North Africa.

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