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Category: Global Food Crisis
U.S. food price rise to be largest in 18 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food prices will rise by 5 percent this year, the largest increase since 1990 and
Food Shortage, Health Threats: WHO Chief
GENEVA (AFP) - Insufficient food, climate change and pandemic flu are global crises which could unravel progress in public
Food buying panic hits Canadian stores
With food riots spreading from Haiti to Thailand and retail giants such as Wal-Mart implementing rice rationing in the
Mississippi River floods doom promising year for farmers
REDWOOD, Miss. — Farmers here are experiencing water torture as they wait for the flooded Mississippi River to recede
US secretary concedes biofuels may spur food price rises
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Setting aside farmland to produce biofuels like ethanol may be partly to blame for driving up
Asia’s rainforests rapidly vanishing as timber, food demand surge.
Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and
Drought hits millions in Thai rice region
More than 10 million people in parts of Thailand's rice bowl region have been hit by drought, the government
Crisis of food shortages
International agencies have met with the British government to discuss the rising level of hunger worldwide. Report courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk
Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels
Extreme weather starving Uganda’s pastoralists
The semi-arid region has typically experienced drought since the 1960s, every five to 10 years. But since 2000, the phenomenon