Africa Food Crisis

A New Commitment To Food Security From G8, But Empty Promises Remain

Tom Arnold | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: World Hunger, Africa Food Crisis, Ending World Hunger, Nutrition, Famine, Food Crisis, G8, Global Motherhood, Food Inequality, Food Security, Impact News
Tom Arnold

Among so many world leaders and high-level representatives from civil society and academia, I felt a sense of critical mass beginning to form in the fight to end global hunger.

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The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Nothing New About Ignoring Africa's Farmers

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 05.23.2012

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Eric Holt Gimenez

Neither governments nor global corporations bothered to consult with those who have the biggest stake in rebuilding agriculture in Africa: the farmers.

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Food: America's 21st Century Manifest Destiny?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Africa Food Crisis, World Food Program, Energy, Midwest, Politics, World Population, Farmland, World-Food-Shortages, Robert Zoellick, Grains, Opec, World Bank, Green, Business, Russian Wheat Embargo, World News
Raymond J. Learsy

Food offers this nation the opportunity not only to reconnect once again with its agricultural roots, but to assume a role of visionary leadership.

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Mozambique Looks To Hybrid Seeds To Help Food Crisis

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: High Food Prices, Gmos, Peter Waziweyi, Hybrid Seeds, Africa Food Crisis, Africa, Seeds, Food Technology, Free Market, Mozambique, Nzara Yapera, Food Crop Seeds, The Green Revolution, Food News

CATANDICA, Mozambique -- Peter Waziweyi is bouncing around the lush countryside of Mozambique in his 30-year-old truck, visiting his customers' maize ...

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Sub Saharan Africa: Raising Its Profile on Global Food Security Issues -- Part One

Amb. Robin Renee Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Food Crisis, Sub Saharan Africa, Global Food Security, Africa Food Crisis, Africa Food, Africa, World News
Amb. Robin Renee Sanders

Africa should be one of the leading regions in shaping global food security policies and feeding the future instead of others shaping it for Africa.

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Deceptively Green - But the Food Crisis in Niger Is Worsening

Caroline Gluck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Food Crisis, Niger, Food Crisis, Niger Delta, World News
Caroline Gluck

The greening of Niger only masks the food crisis which is now at its peak, affecting more than seven million people, about half the population.

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