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U.N. Downgrades Somali Famine, But Situation Still Dire

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.03.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned th...

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The Five Scariest Things About Halloween 2011

Terry Tamminen | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Solyndra, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Food and Agriculture Organization, Renewables, Clean Energy, Halloween, Water Scarcity, Food Waste, Population, Dead Zones, Green News
Terry Tamminen

The United Nations predicts that on Halloween this year, the human population will hit the seven billion mark. But that's not even the scary statistic.

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Pope Demands Global Response To High Food Prices

AP | Posted 08.31.2011

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(AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI denounced speculation in commodities markets Friday and demanded a global response to high food prices based o...

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Rainforest Destruction Drops 25 Percent: Report

Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Save the Rainforest, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Good News, Rainforest, Rainforest Destruction, Food and Agriculture Organization, Video, Green News

There's reason to breathe easier. Rainforest destruction in the word's largest rainforests plunged by 25 percent over the last decade, according to...

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Global Food Prices Hit Record High

Reuters | Svetlana Kovalyova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North Africa, Global Food Prices, Food Price Index, Tunisia, Middle East, Egypt, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Oil Prices, Fao, Record High, Business News

MILAN (Reuters) - Global food prices hit a record high in February, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that fresh oil price spikes and stockp...

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Teetering on the Edge

Ben Grossman-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Food Prices, Tunisia, Egypt, North Africa, Algeria, United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Fao, Oxfam, Un, Policy, World News
Ben Grossman-Cohen

The question of precisely how aid should flow to Egypt is surely too complicated for a blog post. But in addressing the structural problems, there are concrete policy prescriptions at our disposal

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