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 budgets are being stretched and in certain parts of the world there are food...

Is this the perfect storm of worldwide panic and desperation created by the financial, food and fuel crisis not to mention climate change or is it media hysteria or is it just a hiccup in the development of the world? When people ask what do we...

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 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. A combination of high oil and...

The food crisis looming over India, among many other countries, threatens to become a catastrophe. The cause of the crisis is simple: demand has outstripped supply. Demand has grown, as with increasing prosperity more people are eating more, and...