Malaysia unveils $1 billion plan to increase food production amid global crisis

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Annan calls for investment in agriculture to address food crisis

Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan Saturday told governments to invest more in agriculture to avoid future food crises, but warned that current shortages would hurt the poor.
Annan said the surging price of basic foods like rice, wheat and corn in some of the world’s poorest countries, which have triggered riots in Haiti and [...]

WTO chief calls for aid rethink

The head of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, has called for aid policies to be refocused to improve agriculture.
Speaking in the week that the world woke up to the food price crisis, Mr Lamy’s demand is radical.
He said food aid needed to be increased but, more than that, improvements in agriculture needed to be [...]

Breadlines Symbolize Egyptians’ Financial Woes

Once the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, Egypt in recent months has seen large and occasionally violent crowds lining up for hours in an attempt to buy cheap bread. Egyptians long have been known for their ability to shrug off adversity, but the current pressures are provoking strikes and demonstrations on a surprising scale.
The breadline [...]

China’s Growing Thirst for Milk Hits Global Market

I have a dream,” Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China once said. But his dream wasn’t about civil rights for all or racial harmony. It was about a future where every Chinese child would have enough milk to drink — a half-liter a day for each child, to be exact.
Jiabao’s vision has given rise to [...]

Tanzanian Farmers Face Eviction

Norwegian cement company wants to evict an estimated 3,000 Tanzanian farmers it says are trespassing on its land. The farmers say their families have lived there for generations, and that they were not consulted when the land was sold. After 16 years of conflict Tanzania’s highest court is due to reach a verdict soon.

PHOTO GALLERY: GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS HITS EGYPT

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CRISIS IN EGYPT - The Daily Struggle for Food

Spiegel
Rising global food prices have plunged Egyptians into a desparate daily struggle for survival. Many are unable to feed their families, and the hungry have taken to the streets. Is more violent unrest to come?

Mahrouz, the butcher, likes to eat well. His blood-speckled white apron stretches over a majestic paunch, which may have its days [...]

Food Riots Made in the USA

In order to understand the steep rise in world food prices that set off food riots in Haiti last week and toppled the government, you need to travel to Iowa. Right now, we’re trying to run our cars on corn ethanol instead of gasoline. As a result, we suddenly find ourselves taking food out of [...]

Bolivia struggles with floods

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Floodwaters have destroyed more than 1.2 million houses, according to Bolivian officials, with the northeastern department of Beni seeing the worst flooding in 50 years.
“There are still about 29,000 to 30,000 families that will need food for the next four or five months,” said Victoria Ginja, director of the World Food Programme in Bolivia.
Bolivia needs [...]