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...
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... 190 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 | 47 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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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 | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
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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...
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...
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...
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...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....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...
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