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U.S. Corn, Soybeans In Worst Condition Since 1988

Reuters | Posted 09.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Drought, US Food Aid, US Crops, Corn, Reuters, Soybeans, US Food Prices, US Food Price Inflation, Cash Crops, Home News

* Soybean prices set record high, corn soars on drought fears * Weekly crop conditions see sharpest decline in nine years ...

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Obama's Chance to Fix Food Aid

Elizabeth Sepper | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Starvation, Development Aid, Foreign Aid, US Food Aid, Food Aid, World Hunger, Food Aid Committee, World News
Elizabeth Sepper

The world's one billion hungry cannot afford to wait. This week, their needs -- not those of donor countries -- should be at the heart of discussions at the Food Aid Committee.

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Ethiopia Pleads For Food For 6.2 Million People

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Un-Food-Aid, US Food Aid, UN Food AID, Food-Aid, Ethiopia, Food, Food Aid, World News

The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people....

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GAO Report Highlights Costs of U.S. Food Aid Restrictions

Kimberly Ann Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Foreign Aid, US Food Aid, Food Aid, Gao, Government Accountability Office, World News
Kimberly Ann Elliott

Congressional restrictions on U.S. food aid raise the costs of delivering it by as much as a third and delay it reaching hungry people by up to 100 days.

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The U.S. Farm Bill & the Global Food Crisis

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: US Food Aid, Global Food Crisis, Biofuels, Biofuel, Food Policy Research Institute, Agriculture, Food Policy, Business News
Terra Lawson-Remer

U.S. food "aid" is more a vehicle to dump excess U.S. production than a benefit for hungry populations.

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