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The aim of this Topic Guide is to provide a broad introduction to the subject of of food security in the context of the Millennium Development Goal to reduce world hunger
23.11.2009
The World Summit on Food Security refused to commit to the eradication of hunger by 2025. How can the urgent agendas for human development and climate change advance without this essential foundation?
more...Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Nutrition/malnutrition] Image: 2008 food price riots in Burkina Faso © Brahima Ouedraogo / IRIN News
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18.11.2009
The UN World Food Summit threw away a great chance to stop more than one billion people going hungry, according to a prominent development charity.
more...From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] Image: President Lula of Brazil receives boxing gloves from ActionAid Award for making efforts to knock out hunger, during the World Summit on Food Security
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13.11.2009
The UN World Food Summit in Rome (16-18 November) could be a waste of time and money unless world leaders intervene now to salvage it, says an international development group.
more...From: Oxfam International Related topics/regions: [United Nations] Image: World Food Summit (FAO/ Alessia Perdomenico)
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13.11.2009
Looking for success stories? Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development is the book for you.
more...From: International Food Policy Research Institute Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] Image: Millions Fed
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10.11.2009
While Ethiopia endures a devastating famine, Meles Zenawi's regime has been downplaying and double-talking around the crisis, writes Alemayehu G. Mariam.
more...Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Agriculture] |
02.11.2009
Climate change and food security negotiations are stumbling over the reluctance of rich countries to stump up the costs. They have thrown all their resources at a bunch of bankrupt banks.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Finance] [Poverty] |
18.10.2009
With another quarter still to go, the Goldman Sachs bonus pool stands at over $16 for every person in the world experiencing hunger. Is this why we saved the banking system? Food and Agriculture Organization
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06.10.2009
Lester Brown presents the food security crisis as a race between political and climate tipping points. He is optimistic that civilisation will get the message just in time. from Earth Policy Institute
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Water/sanitation] |
27.09.2009
Malnutrition is a serious problem in Pakistan with rising food prices a contributory factor. How can it make sense for the government to lease 500,000 hectares of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia? IRIN News
more...Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Saudi Arabia] |
16.09.2009
A wide ranging assessment of global food security by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. No date is given but August 2009 appears to be date of publication. (pdf file) Afronline
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Human rights] |
17.08.2009
In rich countries we barely notice the changing seasons in our diet. In Zambia, the time of year makes the difference between sufficiency and hunger. Zambian Economist
more...Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [Human rights] |
17.08.2009
News from India of a variety of rice which will survive periods without rain. BBC
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Climate change] |
03.08.2009
Despite promises by G8 leaders to prioritise food security, the World Food Programme is in trouble with its budget for 2009. Cuts in school feeding programmes highlight the contrast with school meals provided in richer countries.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [United Kingdom] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Aid] [Children] Image: Organic beef and two veg provided by Hampshire County Council Catering Services
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19.07.2009
If global food security could be protected in an organic environment, the benefits to climate change would be considerable. Duncan Green takes a close look at the issues. From Poverty to Power
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Agriculture] |
19.07.2009
A US government report predicts the impact of the economic recession on food security in poor countries. IRIN News
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11.07.2009
Acquisition of farmland in developing countries by food-conscious foreigners could be structured to benefit all concerned. Vox
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Credit and investment] |
19.06.2009
New world hunger figures out today are a "shameful blot" on G8 countries, whose inaction is causing hunger to spiral out of control, says a development group.
more...+ World hunger hits historic high, says UN From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Aid] Image: Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General Food and Agriculture
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