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Africa: Global governance vital to feed poorest
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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Global governance vital to feed poorest 23 November 2009 press release Guaranteeing finance to support the global governance of food security is crucial to support the very poorest to feed themselves, says ActionAid. This is the proposition being put...
Tags: global governance, Washington, Non-governmental organizations, ActionAid, Food security, Poverty, Charities, International relations, Development charities, Environment
New Light of Myanmar: A&I Minister arrives back from Italy
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Nay Pyi Taw — A Myanmar delegation led by Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo attended the 2nd Non-Aligned Movement First Ladies Summit on 15 November, the World Summit on Food Security on 16 to 18 November and the 36th Session of...
Tags: Myanmar, Yangon, Summit, World Summit on Food Security, Food security, Burma, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Naypyidaw, Human Interest
Solons call on Senate to act on proposed Agri-Agra law amendment
Manila :: Philippines | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Lawmakers on Monday expressed fear over the possibility of shortage of rice and other agricultural products following the devastation to farmlands wrought by the recent typhoons. "The recent developments have placed the government in a critical situation...
Tags: Abraham Khalil Mitra, House of Representatives, agra law, Senate, Philippines, Manila, Department of Agriculture, Business Finance, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Economy of the Philippines, Food security
Study: NYC food emergencies up nearly 21 percent
Albany :: NY :: USA | about 22 hours ago
Credibility N.Y. — The recession may be easing, but the urgent need to feed New York's hungry is still sharp. The number of people seeking emergency food assistance in New York City is up 20.9 percent over last year, but agencies were better able to meet that demand...
Tags: New York City, Albany, Security, Urban agriculture, Food, Recession, Soup kitchen, Food politics, Food security, Humanitarian aid, Social Issues, Disaster Accident
1 in 4 households undernourished
Thimphu :: Bhutan | 1 day ago
Credibility There are currently, 643 guest(s) and 34 member(s) that are online...One in four Bhutanese households is undernourished in terms of daily calorie intake, according to a 2008 study on the right to food assessment (RFA) in Bhutan.
Tags: food insufficiency, food security, Bhutan, caloric intake, Thimphu, Food politics, Development studies, Malnutrition, Environment, Nutrition, Poverty, Humanitarian aid
Solving hunger with super-rice
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Three billion people depend on rice. But the grain is being ravaged by a serious salt problem in the world's soil. A Canadian researcher hopes to find a solution with his breed of super grains that resist salt, giving farmers the key to surviving the...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Peak oil, world food price crisis, Rice, Food security, Salt, Food politics, Economy of Africa, Economy of Asia, Environment
Letters: Small is beautiful for food security
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Letters Small is beautiful for food security Governments at the world summit on food security at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome last week took few of the required steps to respond to rising hunger ( World leaders...
Tags: food security, global food, FAO, United Kingdom, London, World Summit on Food Security, world food price crisis, Food, G8, Hunger, Disaster Accident, Business Finance, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Environment
In Ethiopia, farmland is hot property
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 1 day ago
Credibility In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland. "Why Attractive?" reads one glossy poster with photos of green fields and a map outlining swaths of...
Tags: Ethiopian, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Ethiopia, Food security, world food price crisis, Environment, Food politics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Horn of Africa
Libya And UN Enter Pact To Boost Food Security
Tripoli :: Libya | 1 day ago
Credibility Libya And UN Agency Enter Pact To Boost Food Security, Sustainable Development New York, Nov 20 2009 12:10PM The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Libya have agreed on a $71 million programme to boost cooperation over the next...
Tags: Libya, food security, Tripoli, Diouf, United Nations, Sustainability, World Summit on Food Security, Business Finance, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Environment
Didi just can't do without Pranab da
New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility But Banerjee had to budge as she found it difficult to deal with other ministers without the help of Mukherjee. Banerjee wanted a meeting with law minister Veerappa Moily [ Images ] but the latter started avoiding her. She had no other choice but to request...
Tags: Uttar Pradesh, Communist Party of India-Marxist, sugar cane, India, New Delhi, Mamata Banerjee, Banerjee, Veerappa Moily, Mukherjee, Politics, Brahmins, Pranab Mukherjee, United Progressive Alliance, Aam Aadmi, Pandemics, Poliomyelitis eradication, Polio vaccine, Vaccines, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Sweeteners, Ethanol fuel, Sugar, Sugarcane, Fiji Indian organisations, Environment, Rice, Ganashakti, Food security, Shripat Amrit Dange, Food, Food politics, Communist Party of India, world food price crisis
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