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Bill Gates: UN Needs To Be 'More Efficient' To Help Poor Farmers

AP | By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 02.23.2012

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BY FRANCES D'EMILIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Bill Gates pressed U.N. food agencies on Thursday to become more efficient in helping poor farmers a...

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Food Prices Pull Back From Record Highs

AP | Posted 12.08.2011

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ROME -- A U.N. food agency says global food prices have eased marginally, with wheat prices dropping by 3 percent. The Rome-based Food and Agricultur...

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U.N. Warns 25 Percent Of Land Highly Degraded, Trend Must Reverse To Feed Population

AP | By NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 11.28.2011

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ROME -- The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet's land resources, finding in a report Monday that...

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Famine, Food and the 'F' Word

Robert Walker | Posted 12.20.2011

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Focus on the famine, but don't overlook the larger food picture. We simply don't know how -- or even whether -- the world can feed a population of 9 billion or higher by mid-century.

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Accused Human Rights Violator Skips Out On Delivering UN Keynote Speech

AP | Posted 12.17.2011

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ROME — An African leader whose regime is accused of human rights abuses sent a substitute to Rome to deliver the keynote address Monday at a U.N...

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WTO Panel Rules U.S. Tuna Labels Are Too Restrictive

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.15.2011

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GENEVA -- The popular "dolphin-safe" labels used to market tuna sold in the U.S. are illegal because they restrict too much trade, a World Trade Organ...

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Big EU Subsidies Keep Unsustainable Fishing Industry Afloat, Report Finds

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 11.13.2011

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While scientists warn there are not plenty of fish in the sea, a new report finds the European Union is sending fishermen around the globe in unsustai...

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Rainforest Destruction Drops 25 Percent: Report

Posted 08.03.2011

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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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Study: 40 Fish Species Could Vanish

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 06.18.2011

GENEVA -- A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years. The study released Tuesday by ...

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A "Sin Tax" on Meat Would Improve Our Health and Environment

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans have to pay an excise, or "sin," tax on cigarettes, alcohol, and gasoline. Why shouldn't we also have to pay more to purchase foods that cause animal suffering and pollute the planet?

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Food Costs Highest Since 1990: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Report (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Up for the sixth month in a row and fueled by surging sugar prices and rises in cereals and oils, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food...

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Another World Food Day, Another Crisis

Robert Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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A decade ago, World Food Day was a time to celebrate the progress we were making in reducing global hunger. No longer. Today, World Food Day is a time to get angry, ring alarm bells, and take action.

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The Top 5 Myths About Global Poverty

Clint Borgen | Posted 05.25.2011

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$30 billion a year is needed to end world hunger. The United States is the only country in history that could end world hunger and still have by far the most expensive military on the planet.

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Deforestation Pace Slows Globally For First Time On Record

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME (AFP) -- The worldwide pace of deforestation has slowed down for the first time on record, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on...

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Pope Calls For Action On World Hunger

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — The world must take "determined and effective" action against hunger after the global economic crisis pushed the ranks of the undernouris...

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UN: 1 Billion Hungry

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME (AP) -- Declining aid and investment in agriculture caused a steady increase in world hunger for more than a decade before the economic crisis pu...

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Restoring Forests Can Create 10 Million Jobs: UN Report

CNN | Katy Byron | Posted 05.25.2011

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(CNN) -- The United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of...

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