Full Coverage: Food

25.04.2005 90% of global calorie intake is provided by just 30 plant species. Experts meeting in India say that the risks involved in mono-culture will undermine the Millennium Development Goal for hunger.

19.04.2005 Le Canada risque de perdre sa capacité de faire des tests indépendants et la capacité d’inspection dont il a besoin pour protéger la santé et la sécurité des Canadiens si le projet de loi C-27 sur l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments devait être adopté, affirment d’éminents scientifiques du Canada et des États-Unis.

19.04.2005 Eritrea is suffering a 5th consecutive year without adequate rainfall and its people are once again dependent on the World Food Programme for survival. About 50% of young children are underweight.

19.04.2005 Eritrea is suffering a 5th consecutive year without adequate rainfall and its people are once again dependent on the World Food Programme for survival. About 50% of young children are underweight.

19.04.2005 Officials of Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, are allegedly denying access to government-supplied maize meal to suspected supporters of the main opposition party. Many rural Zimbabweans are dependent on government stocks this year after a particularly poor harvest due to erratic rains.

15.04.2005 GM rice is banned in China but even this most authoritarian of regimes has been unable to control the risk of contamination.

14.04.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 14 (OneWorld) - AIDS is having a devastating impact on farms, economies, and societies' ability to feed themselves, health and agricultural experts warned Thursday.

14.04.2005 As European efforts to regulate imports of GM maize lie in tatters, the controversial Zambian decision to refuse food aid in 2002 for fear of GM contamination stands out as a shining example of standing up to powerful agri-business interests.

14.04.2005 We surely have a right to know whether Syngenta's unapproved GM maize has entered the UK animal food chain. But the company refuses to release the necessary technical details for testing and the UK Food Standards Agency remains silent.

14.04.2005 "We are at a watershed...The connections between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition insecurity are generally well known. However, the next step--of using this knowledge to take effective action--has yet to be taken," said Dr. Stuart Gillespie, the chief organizer of an international conference in South Africa this week aiming to spur action to break the AIDS-hunger link.

14.04.2005 Erica Zelfand grew up in Massachusetts and always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail--a 2,000 mile footpath that hugs the ridge of the Appalachian mountain range, one of North AmericaÂ’s major landforms. Together with Timothy Crespi, Zelfand decided to conquer her dream and make the trip more than just symbolic by hiking to raise awareness and funds for effective anti-hunger programs.

12.04.2005 When the World War II ended, the major problem the world had to face was serious shortage of food. The disquieting scenario of millions dying every year of starvation the world over in general and the developing world in particular made the UN and its Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) place “making the world hunger-free” on the top of their agenda. Convinced that achievement of such a goal would be possible through technological intervention the world bodies initiated a series of research and development programmes at the global level with the aim of increasing food production.

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09.04.2005 Au début des années 1980, l’industrie de la pêche connaissait de graves problèmes dans nombre de pays d’Asie du Sud-Est. Les ménages de pêcheurs étaient, pour la plupart, enlisés dans la pauvreté, en raison de la surpêche et de la détérioration des côtes.

07.04.2005 The majority of Zambians have been eating maize meal as their staple food for centuries. But the erratic rainfall pattern which makes the population vulnerable to starvation, may force them to look more seriously at cassava.

07.04.2005 The majority of Zambians have been eating maize meal as their staple food for centuries. But the erratic rainfall pattern which makes the population vulnerable to starvation, may force them to look more seriously at cassava.

05.04.2005 A study conducted by a New Delhi-based NGO, Toxics Link, and IPEN has revealed that egg samples from India contain one of the highest levels of dioxins in the world. Toxics Link has indicated that incineration of waste could be one of the likely sources of dioxins.

04.04.2005 Les Nations Unies doivent s’assurer que les négociations sur le commerce agricole international tiennent compte des droits de la personne, incluant le droit à une alimentation suffisante et à l’eau, explique une coalition internationale de groupes des droits de la personne incluant Droits et Démocratie.

Dans un énoncé présenté à la 61e session de la Commission des droits de l’homme à Genève par Droits et Démocratie, la coalition fait remarquer aux Nations Unies que plus de 850 millions de personnes n’ont pas accès à une alimentation suffisante, et cela, malgré le fait que la planète produit amplement de quoi nourrir tout le monde. De ce nombre, 80 % vivent dans des régions rurales et travaillent dans des secteurs de l’agriculture trop souvent minés par l’importation de produits alimentaires au rabais qui envahissent les marchés nationaux.