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India is going to face the biggest refugee crisis from farmers
It’s now official that the northern parts of India this year will witness a failed monsoon. The granary of India comprises of Punjab and its surrounding state of Harayana as well. The farmers are already in... 181 views | 36 recommendations | 5 comments
32 Millions Americans living on Food Stamps
If you don’t feel the effect of recession in your daily life, then consider yourself very lucky. The latest data from Reuters shows how dependent Americans on the food stamp program. “A record 32.2 million... Climate Change to fuel hunger in poverty struck Southern Africa
By Miriam Mannak (story written for Inter Press Service) Climate change will have a significant impact on southern Africa’s already compromised food security, environmental experts warned. At the moment,...
created by Miriam Mannak | 42 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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766 views | 71 recommendations | 17 comments
Malawi's looming famine - Millions at risk
By Miriam Mannak While Zimbabwe has fallen victim to a cholera outbreak of note and Mozambicans are fleeing the floods, another crisis looms in Southern Africa. It is an old, forgotten and silent crisis – which...
created by Miriam Mannak | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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345 views | 13 recommendations | 1 comment
Hamas is Causing Gaza 'critical emergency'
Hamas could end the crisis with a treaty signed agreeing to stopfiring rockets at Israeli/ Yet Hamas chooses to inflict more suffering onGaza people.'"The UN has warned that Palestinians in Gaza... UN on Gaza: "People are going to start getting hungry"
Gaza – Ma’an – The situation in the Gaza Strip is shifting from “collective punishment to genocide,” said Jamal Al-Khudari, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and head of the popular committee against the siege in Gaza.The trickle of humanitarian... Will the banking crisis become a food crisis?
Having no money is one thing. Having no food is another thing entirely."Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The credit crunch is compounding a profit squeeze for farmers that may curb global harvests and worsen a food... Rats a Solution in Food Crisis
The global food crisis continues to fuel food price inflation and send many into hunger and despair. Around the world, solutions are being sought to the urgent need for more and cheaper food. Right now there are... Billions are Going Hungry but there are Ways to Improve Access to Food
UPDATE: Almost a billion people go hungry each day after food prices pushed 40 million more people around the world into the ranks of the undernourished, the UN food agency reported yesterday.According to the UN's... IMF and WB: Developing nations assured of help
There have been critical opinions on the recent statement made by both IMF and World Bank over the impact of current financial crisis over developing countries. They pledged donors for the continous flow of aid....Milk Co-operatives Help Hungry Haiti
The global food crisis has hit the impoverished Caribbean country of Haiti especially hard. Already suffering from decades of food crises brought on by the collapse of domestic farming, the country has become...UN Report Warns Nepal on Food Crisis
According to a report recently made public in Kathmandu by the United Nations World Food Program and the Nepal Development Research Council, about 5.6 million Nepalis are at food crisis risk. The report indicates that five million people in rural parts and six hundred...Food Crisis? What? Where?
There may be an escalation in world food prices but on the face of it there is no shortage of either food stuff or the desire to eat in ordinary American people that I have come across in my recent visit. Although...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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304 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
WTO: trade deal progresses as developed countries cut subsidies and import ta...
WTO talks in Geneva have reached major compromise by developed countries to cut subsides and import tariffs. Developing countries would open up their markets in excahge of such concessions. " WTO optimistic for trade deal World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in...Brazilian Lula da Silva blames speculators for soaring food prices
During his official visit to Indonesia, Brazilian President Lula da Silva commented on current food crisis. As Brazil and Indonesia are rather keen of bio-fuel production, President da Silva blamed...
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