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Science cash 'to beat food riots'
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Food riots are a real threat in some developing and emerging countries unless funds for agricultural research are increased, says a UK scientist. Prof Douglas Kell says investment in the UK alone needs to be increased by £100m if farmers are to produce...
Tags: food riots
Egypt court convicts food rioters
Cairo :: Egypt | 11 months ago
Credibility They were convicted on charges of looting, assaulting police officers and possessing dangerous materials...Security forces killed three civilians and arrested hundreds of people during two days of protests over rising food prices in the town of Mahalla...
Tags: Egyptian, food riots, Nile Delta
Arroyo includes Isafp in energy task force
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the inclusion of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp) in the restructured Energy Contingency Task Force. In her Executive Order 731, President Arroyo said the Energy Contingency...
Tags: SSS, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, food riots, Romulo Neri, sss fund, president gloria, social security, Malacañang
The Global Food Crisis: What You Need to Know
The World Bank warns that 33 nations of the world are at risk of social unrest due to rising food prices. From Mexico to Pakistan, food prices have doubled in the last three years and sparked riots in numerous countries. Food riots have become more...
Tags: Global food crisis, Biofuel, People and children of the world are starving, Food Riots, Riots in Haiti, Riots in Egypt, bans on exports of rice, wheat and corn, Ethanol
Causes of the world food crisis
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Food prices on international markets have nearly doubled in three years, threatening 100 million people with hunger, according to the World Bank. - Government policies and rising oil prices have led countries such as the United States and Brazil to divert...
Tags: global food crisis, food riots, ethanol
Haiti PM ousted over soaring food prices
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 year ago
Credibility Haiti's prime minister was ousted Saturday in a no confidence vote after more than a week of violent demonstrations over rocketing food and fuel prices. Just as President Rene Preval unveiled a plan to cut the price of rice by 15 percent, 16 senators...
Tags: Haitians, prime minister, food price, minister jacques, Jacques Edouard Alexis, haitians president, food riots, president rene
Haitian prime minister ousted over food prices
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 year ago
Credibility Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's Parliament has voted to dismiss Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis following deadly protests over rising food prices. Food is available in Haiti, as seen in this market Friday, but very expensive in an impoverished nation. Senator...
Tags: Haitian Senate, Haiti Senate, Haitians, prime minister, food price, food riots, president rene, Jacques Edouard Alexis, senator vote
Africa: Urgent Measures Required to Reduce Impact of High Food Prices On the Poor
New Delhi :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dr Diouf highlighted the important role that agro-industry had to play in overcoming these problems. "World food prices have risen 45 percent in the last nine months and there are serious shortages of rice, wheat and maize," Dr Diouf said. A
Tags: food prices, United Nationsï, food riots, world food, Food and Agriculture Organisation
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