Full Coverage: Food
May 2008
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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
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Food Aid Reaches Thousands in Burma
13.05.2008
More than 27,000 people in the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma -- one of the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis -- have received food aid and other crucial supplies, a UN food agency announced yesterday.
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Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [War and peace] [Shelter & housing] [Emergency relief] [Aid] |
07.05.2008
President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian.
more...From: Center for Global Development Related topics/regions: [Japan] [United States] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Governance] Image: © ActionAid International USA
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07.05.2008
UN Security Council needs to discuss the current global food crisis and take corrective measures before the situation goes out of hand. Experts feel that the UN body must recognise that war and civil strife cannot be prevented without addressing social and economic conditions.
more...Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Poverty] [United Nations] |
07.05.2008
Keski-Amerikan maat pohtivat ruokaturvan parantamista yhdessä ALBA-maiden (Bolivaarinen vaihtoehto Amerikan kansoille) kanssa. Nicaraguan roolina on toimia vilja-aittana.
more...From: Ulkoministeriö Related topics/regions: [Central America] [Nicaragua] |
06.05.2008
With food hitting the headlines like never before, the International Institute for Environment and Development has launched a web-based publication that describes how to rethink food production and distribution for environmental and social gain.
more...From: International Institute for Environment and Development Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] Image: Cooperative garden in Caracas © FAO © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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06.05.2008
YK:n pyrinnöt ruokakriisin ratkaisemiseksi eivät saa kaikilta kiitosta. Senegalin presidentti Abdoulaye Wade haukkui FAO:n turhaksi ja tehottomaksi järjestöksi.
more...From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [United Nations] Image: Abdoulaye Wade © International Development Research Centre
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06.05.2008
Soaring prices of food items are making it difficult for poor countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Any long-term planning has to focus on MDGs and cross-sectoral linkages with adequate budgets if governments wish to tide over the present crisis, says Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign.
more...Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [United Nations] [MDGs] Image: Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign / Photo credit: MC
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05.05.2008
Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
more...From: Grassroots International Related topics/regions: [Haiti] [Agriculture] [Labour] [Poverty] [Forests] [Activism] Image: Haitian farmers. © Grassroots International
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05.05.2008
Thaimaa haluaisi Mekong-maiden perustavan riisinviejien järjestön. Kartelli-idea sai tuoreeltaan varsin nuivan vastaanoton. Vaikka riisin vientihinta on korkea, viljelijät eivät juuri pääse rikastumaan.
more...From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related topics/regions: [South East Asia] [Trade] Image: © Oxfam America
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05.05.2008
Hot weather and lack of safe drinking water have led to a severe spate in diarrohea cases in Bangladesh. According to health experts, poverty, rising food prices and low levels of awareness on sanitation are driving people to eat cheap contaminated food.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Water/sanitation] [Health] [Disease] Image: Children lying at a hospital in Dhaka / Photo credit: Shamsuddin Ahmed / IRIN
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05.05.2008
The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Aid] [Emergency relief] Image: Ravaged city / Photo credit: Reuters
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03.05.2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Corporations] [Credit and investment] [Trade] [Human rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] Image: Corn: food or fuel? © Network for New Energy Choices
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02.05.2008
Ilman lisärahaa ruokakriisi voi räjähtää käsiin, varoittavat YK ja Maailmanpankki. Järjestöt vaativat kansainvälistä yhteisöä avaamaan kukkaronsa ja antamaan Maailman ruokaohjelma WFP:lle sen hätäapuun tarvitsemat 755 miljoonaa dollaria.
more...From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Economy] |
02.05.2008
Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoplesÂ’ land and lives, according to a new report. Palm oil is one of the most destructive crops followed by sugar cane, soy, corn, manioc and jatropha.
more...From: Survival Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Energy] [Land] [Climate change] [Forests] [Renewable energy] Image: The Guarani in Brazil have lost their land to sugar cane ©João Ripper/Survival
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01.05.2008
Sri Lankan government’s decision to ease restrictions on fishing in Eastern Province, a territory hitherto controlled by LTTE rebels, will give much needed fillip to the industry – a major source of revenue for the country’s exchequer and livelihood for people. It will also help people recover from 2004 tsunami disaster.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Fisheries] [Politics] [Conflict] [Terrorism] |
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