Tag: World Food Crisis

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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Tree-killing fungus attacks avocados

A tree-killing fungus near Florida's Everglades National Park could harm the area's $12.7 million avocado industry, agriculture officials said.

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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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Coal fires up India farmers against power plants

Rajni Ramakan Patil has a message for the energy companies that want to build coal-based power stations on the

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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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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

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Food Shortage, Health Threats: WHO Chief

GENEVA (AFP) - Insufficient food, climate change and pandemic flu are global crises which could unravel progress in public

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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

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