China's Extreme Summer Flood Damages Crops
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•Government officials scramble after extreme weather threatens pantry-staple crops: 'It's so expensive'
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A deluge that followed a drought in northern China flooded farm fields and destroyed crops this summer .
Some vegetable prices skyrocketed to their highest levels in five years .
China has less than 10% of Earth 's land suitable for or used for growing crops, but it produces one-fourth of the world's grain.
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