Category: Global Food Crisis

Expanding Drought problems envelop Syria

The drought, which began in 2008, came shortly after an even more severe drought the previous two years. Rainfall

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Radical rethink urged over food

A "radical rethink" of the way the UK produces and consumes food is needed, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has

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Water crisis in parched northern China

The river has dried up, the well yields only dust, and Li Yunxi is hard pressed to irrigate his

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King salmon vanishing in Alaska

ANCHORAGE — Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used

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Climate change to hit Africa fisheries hard-study

African nations will be the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on fisheries, ranging from damage to

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Drought affects 7.9 Million hectares of wheat farmland in China

China's Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday that lack of rainfall in major wheat-growing provinces has brought drought to

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Argentina faces disaster amid devastating drought

Argentina has convened its National Farm Emergency Commission to discuss coping with the drought that has devastated production across

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UN sees new peril in Asia’s huge brown cloud cover

BEIJING – Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threaten health

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Spreading Bacterial Disease threatens the core of U.S. citrus crops

A botanical disease that has hit Florida and now threatens California is raising fears that the price of citrus

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Drought and soaring food prices threaten millions of Somalis

ROME (Reuters) - Soaring food prices, a devalued currency and drought mean millions of people in Somalia cannot feed

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