EU says can hit biofuels goal without conflicts

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Food riots erupt near Bangladesh capital

The Times of India
Thousands of textile workers protesting against soaring food prices on Saturday clashed with the police and went on a rampage attacking vehicles and shops, prompting authorities to call in the military in the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital.
Nearly two dozen people were injured as police opened fire in air and used batons [...]

Bridging the gap between the two Indias

Most people like success stories, especially when they are about their country. The steady growth of the Indian economy at nine per cent every year, the growing number of billionaires, some of them among the 10 richest people in the world, are the kind of tales a large number of Indians love and the country’s [...]

India’s struggle to feed a billion people

Vijender Vardhman knows a thing or two about rice. From his small family-run store in south Delhi he sells a remarkable 63 varieties, not to mention a multitude of pulses, grains and packaged goods squeezed tightly on to his shelves.
Over the past six months the price of India’s most common staple, basmati rice, has increased [...]

Manila demands emergency Asean food meeting

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Rising prices hit Syrian purchasing power hard

Many Syrians take on two jobs to make ends meet amid sharp rises in food, oil prices, bad seather conditions…. more>>

Bangladesh workers riot over soaring food prices

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The crisis of falling global food stocks

Those who remember the Bengal famine — and I can still hear the haunting cries for food from the street beyond barred and bolted doors and windows — also know that grain was exported from Bombay while Calcutta starved.
It was a later discovery that the US might have responded to India’s unofficial appeal if Britain [...]

Climate change could lead to food crisis, scientists warn

Scientists have warned that climate change in coming decades will cause more floods in the Northern Hemisphere and droughts in the south and in arid areas, which may lead to a global food crisis.
Areas that will suffer water shortages include the Mediterranean Sea basin, the western US, parts of southern Africa and northeastern Brazil.
Intergovernmental Panel [...]

Setting food prices in the United States

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