#RFB-11000421Reading: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreHard

Food Prices

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For two decades, leading up to the millennium, global demand for food had [blank] steadily, along with growth in the world's population, record harvests, new technologies, [blank] in incomes, and the diversification of diets. Food prices continued to [blank] through 2000. However, in 2004, prices for most grains began to rise. Rising production could not keep pace with the even [blank] growth in demand.

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For two decades, leading up to the millennium, global demand for food had increased steadily, along with growth in the world's population, record harvests, new technologies, improvements in incomes, and the diversification of diets. Food prices continued to decline through 2000. However, in 2004, prices for most grains began to rise. Rising production could not keep pace with the even stronger growth in demand.
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