Amid U.S farm boom, fears grow of a collapse

At a time of record agricultural profits, concerns are mounting that U.S. farmers could be edging toward a financial crisis not seen since the 1980s farm-economy collapse.
Soaring land values, increasing debt and a reliance on government subsidies for ethanol production have prompted economists to warn that the current golden age of agriculture, as some call [...]

Food crisis deepens as rice futures near record

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Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World

Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some [...]

Global food crisis tops agenda of Unctad

Climate change and the global food crisis headed the topics for discussion at the United Nations conference on trade and development here in Ghana as they would significantly affect development and especially hurt the poor.

30 Years Ago Haiti Grew All the Rice It Needed. What Happened? - The U.S. Role in Haiti’s Food Riots

Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots world-wide in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivorie, Egypt, Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
The Economist, which calls the current crisis the silent tsunami, reports that [...]

Haiti: empty stomachs, stormy politics

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Haiti has been hard hit by the global food crisis. The turbulent events provoked by the sharp rise in prices of basic commodities have included riots across the country, in which five people were shot dead on 7 April 2008 and many others wounded by gunfire; an attempt to invade the national palace in the [...]

Uganda: Govt Cannot Hide From Food Crisis

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Nigeria: Food Crisis - UN Agency Faces $750m Shortfall

As the world grapples with shortages in the food supply chain, the World Food Programme (WFP) said it needs more than $750 million (N8.7 billion) to meet its commitment to feed the world’s 73 million hungry people this year.
The Rome-based UN agency made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of [...]

Hunger Plagues Haiti and the World

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Let them eat spuds: potatoes - the world’s new staple?

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