Golf courses, developers nibble at Asia’s rice paddies

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Kennedy Links World Food Shortages to U.S. Ethanol Policy

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Food crisis: Zim rations maize

Troubled Zimbabwe has started rationing the staple maize-meal amid worsening relations with neighbouring countries, which have in the past helped stave off famine in Africa’s former bread basket.
‘We want everybody to share fairly the food that is available,’ said Cain Mathema, a governor in southern Zimbabwe, which is hardest hit by the grain shortages.
Shortages of [...]

Nepal bans rice and wheat export as food crisis looms

Nepal has banned the export of foodstuffs, including rice, to prevent shortages, officials said on Thursday, joining other South Asian countries scrambling to tackle rising prices and food insecurity.
Nepal’s ministry of supplies said the decision to ban exports of rice, paddy and wheat was taken to maintain stocks after India, the main supplier of rice [...]

Women farmers threatened by biofuels

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Food crisis to worsen if droughts remain unresolved - UN

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Food crisis endangering millions

The Japan Times
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is in the last throes of its Doha Development Round negotiations, the European Union is currently undertaking a “health check” on its Common Agricultural Policy and the whole world is opening biofuel plants as a technological fix to curb CO2 emissions and cope with escalating oil prices. All [...]

North Korea heading towards famine

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World Food Program sees “major crisis” in Haiti

Haiti faces a “major crisis” if international donors fail to provide urgent aid to help feed its poor, a top official with the World Food Program said on Wednesday.
“It is not so important how much money we are able to raise for our cause,” Pedro Medrano, the WFP director for Latin America and the Caribbean, [...]

Afghans struggle as food prices soar

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