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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: G-20 Summit, Governance, President Barack Obama, Malaria, Reform, G-20, Accra Speech, World Bank, g20, Senegal, Food Shortage, Robert Zoellick, Senegal President, United Nations General Assembly, Aids, President Abdoulaye Wade, World News
President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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Guatemala Declares Hunger Crisis

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Guatemala Hunger, Guatemala Hunger Problem, Guatemala Food Shortage, Hunger in Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala Food Crisis, Guatemala Hunger Crisis, Food Shortage, Latin America, World News

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has declared a "state of public calamity" to try to mobilise funding to tackle severe food shortages in the country....

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Is Technology The Problem Or The Answer To Our Food Production Woes? (VIDEO)

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Supply, Food Technology, Technology, United Kingdom, Food Shortage, Food Politics, Food, Green News

The world's food production needs to double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population. But over this period, climate change, reduced access to w...

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Chavez Reign Threatened By Food Shortages, Inflation

The Miami Herald | Tyler Bridges | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Inflation, Food Crisis, Economy, Economic Crisis, Food, Food Shortage, Food Shortages, Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavez, World News

Desiree Pereira couldn't decide among the squash she was squeezing at a food stall on Tuesday. Pereira expressed no uncertainty, however, when asked ...

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Why Bananas are a Parable For Our Times

Johann Hari | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Bananas, United Fruit, Rainforests, Bananas Dying, Johann Hari Bananas, Food Shortage, Food, Banana, Genetically Modified Food, Green News
Johann Hari

Bananas are dying. Soon -- in 5, 10 or 30 years -- the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist.

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Financial Meltdown Escalates Global Food Crisis

Washington Post | Ariana Eunjung Cha and Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Food Crisis, Food Crisis, Food Prices, Food Shortage, Business News

As shock waves from the credit crisis began to spread around the world last month, China scrambled to protect itself. Among the most extreme measures ...

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Biofuels: Good or Bad?

Vinod Khosla | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Biofuels, Cellulosic Biofuels, Cellulosic Fuel, Food Shortage, Food Prices, Green News
Vinod Khosla

Discussing biofuels is like discussing drugs: society recognizes the difference between aspirin and cocaine and we should also be cognizant of differences in biofuels.

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Floods Force Corn Prices Up, Up, Up

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Iowa Floods, Iowa Flooding, Midwest Flooding, Midwest Floods, Corn Prices, Food Shortage, Midwest Flooding Farms, Flooded Farms, Business News

NEW YORK — Corn prices reached another record Monday, closing in on $8 a bushel, as devastating Midwest floods raised fears of a sharply smaller...

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BioFuel Backlash: Mexico's Poor Riot Over Tortilla Shortage

National Geographic News | Lorne Matalon | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Food Crisis, Mexico, Tortilla Shortage, Biofuel as Villain, Food Shortage, Green News

Tortilla maker Leticia Balino gathers a pile of the flatbreads in her shop in México City on January 10, 2007. The skyrocketing cost of corn--and th...

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Is This The End Of Cheap Food?

Washington Independent | Mary Kane | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

Read More: High Food Prices, World Food Prices, Commodity Prices, Food Crisis, Food Prices, Cheap Food, Food Shortage, Hunger, Business News

A sharp spike in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other staples has sparked riots in Mexico and Egypt, marches by hungry children in Yemen and the spe...

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Bay Area Shoppers Asked To Limit Rice Purchases

NBC 11 San Francisco | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

Read More: High Food Prices, Bay Area Food Shortage, Rice Prices, Food Crisis, Food Staples, Food Prices, Food Shortage, Bay Area Rice, Rice Shortage, Business News

The price of a food staple -- rice -- is rising significantly, NBC11 reported. The price of rice has increased dramatically in recent weeks due to cr...

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