Haiti is in Crisis Because It Can’t Feed Itself. Meanwhile,It is Sending Millions Abraod in Loan Payments - The Black Hole of Debt

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In recent weeks, Haiti has been gripped by violent protestyet again. And yet again the inhabitants of this impoverished country are suffering the most brutal consequences of the fallout of the global economic crisis. This time it is the rise in global food prices, which has sparked riots in Port au Prince, Haiti’s capital, where [...]

Kenya launches safeguards against looming grain shortage

Kenya has launched safeguards against a looming food shortage in the country after experts warned that the current grain reserve would last only until August, a top official said Friday.
Agriculture Minister William Ruto said the state-run National Cereals and Produce Board had four million bags of maize while farmers have 10 million bags in their [...]

Bangladesh braces for monsoon season

Five months after Bangladesh was hit by cyclone Sidr, which killed at least 3,000 people and left millions homeless, aid agencies are warning of a potential new disaster.

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Major tree planting effort in Haiti underway

In the severely deforested country of Haiti, major strides are being made to restore the natural balance of the island’s delicate ecology. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has experienced a major ecological disaster with the deforestation that has taken place. Approximately 80 percent of the population is unemployed and illiterate. Consequently, a [...]

Reviving Haiti’s agriculture is a long-term effort

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Drought a major cause for food crisis: UN agency

Addressing the problem of drought is essential in resolving food crisis that is being faced by several countries, the United Nations agency, tasked with minimizing the threat posed by natural disasters, said on Saturday.
Both drought and unsustainable water management have played a key role in the current problem, and managing drought risk is essential in [...]

Cambodia - Country for sale

Almost half of Cambodia has been sold to foreign speculators in the past 18 months - and hundreds of thousands who fled the Khmer Rouge are homeless once more.
Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark in Guardian.

Looming food crisis in Peru

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Consequences of the global food crisis

 
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BANGLADESH: Good harvest not enough to ease food crisis

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