Drought and the Food Chain

Slideshow from New York Times

Southeastern Australia has been experiencing drought conditions for six years. The severe conditions have forced changes in farming and ranching.

Worldwide Hunger Catastrophe! Produce Food, Not Biofuels!

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
This article was translated from German for EIR.
What’s happening now was totally foreseeable: There is an explosion of disastrous hunger and food riots in 33 (!) nations in Africa, Asia, and Ibero-America. Without doubt, the world is standing at the brink of a hunger-tsunami, which is the direct result of the attempt by [...]

Liberia: Nutritional ‘Crisis’ in Monrovia

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S Africans march over food prices

Thousands of South African trade unionists have taken to the streets to protest against rising food prices.
The march, organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), took place in Johannesburg.
Cosatu’s leader Sdumo Dlamini said the protest would send out a message that the cost of living was too high.
“An ordinary person can’t afford [...]

Moldova is only European country facing severe food shortages

Disastrous government mismanagement has changed Moldova from an abundant food producer to a country unable to provide for its citizens. A new UN report lists Moldova is the only European nation among 37 third world countries to face a serious food crisis.

Good rains will feed India but prolong farm crisis

Reuters
A forecast of normal monsoon rains for India has calmed fears of food shortages and galloping inflation, but another year of good rains may only prolong the deeper problems that haunt the languishing farm sector.
Rapid economic growth and better wages, powered by nearly two decades of liberal reforms that have made India’s economy the third-largest [...]

UN to cut food rations to Darfur

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Rs. 15 subsidy on edible oil

Under attack over rising prices, the government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including Rs 15-a litre subsidy on edible oil. The Prime Minister is also contemplating calling a meeting of Chief Ministers to discuss steps to tackle the rising prices.

A land without water

From: AlJazeeraEnglish
We examine inner Mongolia’s fight for water and Northren India’s iceman.

Robert Zoellick

Guardian,  Wednesday May 30 2007
At first glance Robert Zoellick, who George Bush is to nominate to be the next president of the World Bank, could not be more different than his predecessor Paul Wolfowitz. While both men have been at the heart of Republican-dominated Washington for many years, with careers stretching back into the term [...]