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On a not so fine day, if the government storms down on you and begins to throw you out of your job, grab your land and bring down your house for no apparent reason, you will feel outraged. Won’t you? This is what is happening to the 370 million...
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Colombians live in a country that has many resources to produce food. We have plenty of water, the possibility of having all sorts of crops and a variety of animals...
made popular Oct 1 2008
Whatever happens with the ongoing negotiation impasse in Zimbabwe, there are social realities that no agreement will be able to reconcile. Even if the process of...
made popular Oct 1 2008
Here comes as a shocker bomb from the US: It seems two Asian emerging giants are responsible for the food crisis all over the globe. First, it was Condoleeza Rice, the...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Drought has once again hit Ethiopia triggering another humanitarian crisis in the country. Ethiopia first caught the attention of the international community 24 years...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Somewhere in the world today, one man or woman (or both) are going to tuck into the finest linens that money can purchase after wining and dining in the finest of...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Food and fuel scarcity is rising high day-by-day. There is a vast gap between the demand and supply of these necessary products. We need an urgent balance to check the...
made popular Jul 15 2008
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
made popular Jul 4 2008
In a sudden display of urgency and anxiety the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has announced that it is targeting zero deforestation in the ASEAN...
made popular Jun 21 2008
President Museveni speaking at the commonwealth heads of government conference on reform of international institutions in London re-affirmed that the current global...
made popular Jun 11 2008
Across the Pacific, where so many already depend on aid to survive, governments are nervously planning how to best fight the looming threat of hunger.
made popular Jun 6 2008
At the U.N. Summit held on World Environment Day yesterday, leaders across the world pledged to cut trade barriers and promote agricultural productivity to fight the...
made popular Jun 6 2008
I don’t know whether or not to agree with Australia’s foreign Minister Stephen Smith that Mugabe’s presence at the World Food summit in Italy is obscene.
I am in...
made popular Jun 5 2008
Amplified by the current food crisis, food-deficit countries (countries that can not produce sufficient food for their own production), are now looking beyond their...
made popular Jun 5 2008
I would usually try to say something witty. Something clever or penetrating. This topic is just a little too serious for my usual intellectual flippancy.
I do not...
made popular Jun 4 2008
The dramatic increase in global food prices by 83% over the past three years has literally brought the world to its knees. Envoys from 26 Latin American and Caribbean...
made popular May 30 2008
The world has suddenly been taken unawares by a food crisis. On a local level we are all witness to rising inflation levels where food prices have shot up. Family...
made popular May 20 2008
If you’re the type who worries about the air miles travelled by fruit and veg, then these beauties aren’t for you.
Because they have travelled a little...
made popular May 13 2008
The Jatropha plant is one of the most environment friendly sources of bio fuel
The X-Prize foundation is mostly known for its often eye catching and headline grabbing...
made popular May 12 2008
Inflations means paying more for goods than what you were paying earlier. Not only essential goods see a hike, non-essential items like cigarettes etc would also cost...
made popular May 9 2008
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The biggest challenge before modern man is perhaps the food crisis. The leaders of all the nations are concentrating on how to increase the production of food, so that...
made popular Jul 11 2008
At the U.N. Summit held on World Environment Day yesterday, leaders across the world pledged to cut trade barriers and promote agricultural productivity to fight the...
made popular Jun 6 2008
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FAO Schwarz will open toy stores in close to 700 Macy’s department stores over the next two years.The companies said Friday that about 75 full-size FAO toy stores...
made popular May 16 2008
Food riots which have struck several impoverished countries could spread with shortages and high prices set to continue for some time, the head of the United Nation’s...
made popular Apr 10 2008
# With the world food prices rising over 45% in the last nine months, world is heading towards commodity crises never heard of before.
# Among the major factors -...
made popular Apr 10 2008
The United Nations agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said that the climatic change may cause a risk of hunger in India in coming days. The frequent...
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According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture organization, global food import bills are bloating, partly due to the rising demands for biofuels.
The global...
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In 2005 Finance and accounting outsource (FAO) contract increased by a whopping 40%, FAO research, an exclusive market research firm on the sector, informs. For 2006,...
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Macy’s Chairman ,President and Chief Executive Officer Terry Lundgren and Executive Vice President Karen Hoguet answers questios from the media, after the annual stockholders meeting in Cincinnati, Friday May, 16,2008. He told shareholders FAO...
