Tag: food security
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As global poverty lessens and aid increases: Did famed UN development goals matter?
Christian Science Monitor: As global poverty lessens and aid increases: Did famed UN development goals matter? Days before Sept. 11, 2001, a set of eight 'Millennium Development Goals' were declared to improve health, education, and welfare across the planet. As the goals expire on 2015, a sympathetic look at how they fared. … … The…
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Study: Africa can feed itself in a generation
CNN: Study: Africa can feed itself in a generation (CNN) — Africa could be able to feed itself in a generation, says a new study being presented to five African presidents Thursday. Currently a net food importer, Africa has the potential to become a food exporter through a combination of modern technology, improved infrastructure and…
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Grass-roots food initiative in Africa serves Clinton’s goals
Christian Science Monitor: Grass-roots food initiative in Africa serves Clinton's goals Group helps to match African farmers, especially women, with on-the-ground experts and better technology. Washington – As she continues her seven-country tour through sub-Saharan Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will focus on the $20 billion food security and agricultural development initiatives that…
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Whatever happened to the food crisis?
The Economist: Whatever happened to the food crisis? … But recession would normally dampen down price rises. So what explains the return of food-price inflation? And does it mean that the so-called world food crisis is returning? There are two clusters of explanation: cyclical factors—features of the farm cycle and world economy that fluctuate from…
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Key to feeding Africa called better farming
Baltimore Sun: Key to feeding Africa called better farming WASH MELKASA, Ethiopia – Hussein Ibrahim walks solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados. This modern, thriving farm – a rarity in drought-ravaged Ethiopia – filled Hussein with envy. Like so many other farmers…
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How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest
Christian Science Monitor: How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest The Millennium Villages Project is pricey. But it may hold answers to tackling the global food crisis. Sauri, Kenya – The dry months of April, May, and June were once equated with hunger for Agre Ranyondo and his neighbors in this community of 55,000…
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How to ease the squeeze on food access
Christian Science Monitor: How to ease the squeeze on food access Rich nations must act to ensure supply, experts say. Surging food prices present an enormous long-term challenge for the world, but practical steps to address the challenge are within reach here and now. That's the message from farming and food-policy experts at a time…
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The new face of hunger
The Economist: The New Face of Hunger Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done? SAMAKE BAKARY sells rice from wooden basins at Abobote market in the northern suburbs of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. He points to a bowl of broken Thai rice which, at 400 CFA francs (roughly $1)…