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Investing in Food Amidst Volatility

Mikala Sorensen wrote 5 days ago: Commodity trading has been a hit in recent years, with prices going up and up in the face of increas … more →

Tags: INTERNATIONAL, Investment, Agriculture, food prices, Volatility, Schröder, Population growth

Food and Agriculture Organisation

k.vero chakhesang wrote 2 weeks ago: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) : HQ–Rome, Italy. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO … more →

Tags: world institutions

Land deals in Africa have led to a wild west – bring on the sheriff, says FAO, By The Guardian, 29 October 2012

choforche wrote 6 months ago: Amid warnings that land deals are undermining food security, the head of the UN’s Food and Agr … more →

Tags: Food Security, land grabs

IAEA and FAO Work Together To Help Feed the Hungry2 comments

jasonlockley wrote 7 months ago: IAEA and FAO Work Together To Help Feed the Hungry There are hundreds of millions of reasons for the … more →

Tags: civil nuclear, Other, Interest (Non Nuclear), IAEA, FAO

Pakistan eyes 9.4m tons of paddy1 comment

Amin Ahmed wrote 9 months ago: The forecast rice production growth is expected to rely on larger plantings.– APP (File Photo) ISLAM … more →

Tags: Business > Top Stories, Home Highlights, today business, Basmati rice, Rice Production, Paddy Fields, fertiliser prices, Pakistan rice production, Pakistan energy shortage

Sarawak committed to sustainable forest management1 comment

Parochial Sarawakian wrote 1 year ago: IT is good to know that the State government is going to further strengthen its sustainable forest m … more →

Tags: Sarawak, Borneo, Sarawak Environment, Sarawak Economy, sustainable forest management, Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, ITTO, International Tropical Timber Organisation, FAO

Food price inflation to ease in 2012: FAO

Reuters wrote 1 year ago: Food prices will not rise drastically in 2012 as they have in recent years, though no large drop is … more →

Tags: Economy, Inflation, UN, food prices, food inflation

I blame YOU farmer!

the gastronome wrote 1 year ago: I have always blamed Maltese farmers. They are the ones using harmful pesticides. They are opting fo … more →

Tags: food-issues, Jacques Diouf, Green Revolution, FAO, Conservation Agriculture, intensive crop production, chemical fertilizers, modern farming practices, Monsanto

Essay on Biotechnology

wj90 wrote 1 year ago: In this essay, I will investigate the use of biotechnology as a mean of alleviating food shortages a … more →

Tags: Biotechnology, GMO, Food Security, Millennium Development Goals, World Food Summit, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Green Revolution, Gates Foundation

Curb speculation, scrap biofuel sops in India to check food price volatility: FAO panel

panchabhutha wrote 1 year ago: According to reports, speculation on the futures market and diversion of food for energy use in the … more →

Tags: CleanFuel, biomass, Agriculture, biofuel, M S Swaminathan, FAO

It Sticks in the Throat14 comments

sharedpast wrote 1 year ago: Disclaimer: this post concerns the organisers of next weekend’s Toffie Food Festival and Conference. … more →

Tags: Comment, South Africa, cape town, food prices, Elizabeth David, Food Security, Famine, climate change, Tristram Stuart

The End of Starvation?

wmistudymovie wrote 1 year ago: José Graziano da Silva, the father of Brazil's 'Zero Hunger' programme, elected … more →

Tags: Politics, Economic Development, News, Brazil, United Nations, UN, José Graziano da Silva, FAO, Zero hunger

Re-connecting forests and people

Kaye Brennan wrote 2 years ago: Local action for woodland creation in the UK. Last month the ninth biennial State of the World’s For … more →

Tags: climate change, Government Affairs, Conservation, woodland creation, forestry management, International Year of Forests, United Nations, food and, Communities

Top Risks for the World in 2011

maitreyahc wrote 2 years ago: ‘Down to Earth’ editorial Fatal disconnect by Sunita Narain, editor The World Economic Forum — the g … more →

Tags: India, Sunita Narain, World Economic Forum, Davos, Cancun, Down to Earth magazine, climate change, extreme weather, Water Security

China's Drought Threatens Global Wheat Prices

ESC wrote 2 years ago: www.nytimes.com 8th February 2011 The latest severe drought to befall the world has hit China result … more →

Tags: Human Action, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Fishing, and Hunting, China, Russia, Floods, Australia, Egypt, Drought

Panic Buying: Governments in Asia, Mid East and Africa stocking up on food reserves as prices rise, riots rage

aurick wrote 2 years ago: by Mac Slavo Originally posted February 1st, 2011 http://www.SHTFplan.com/ As usual, governments gen … more →

Tags: Egypt, Financial, Future World, GeoPolitics, Moral Turpitude, Big Government, Social, Political, Invasive government control

Record Global Consumption of Fish in 20101 comment

ESC wrote 2 years ago: www.lemonde.fr 31st January 2011 A new report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or … more →

Tags: Human Action, Endangered Species, wildlife, Agriculture, Fishing, and Hunting, UN, over fishing, FAO, Pirate Fishing

Access to Political Institutions is Not Yet a Victory

activistingredient wrote 2 years ago: The following article appeared on IPS News on Oct 15th.  It described the opening of political acces … more →

Tags: Social Movements, reformist, Outcomes, Committee of World Food Security, IPS News

Food and Agriculture Organisation

Latest News wrote 2 years ago: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations exists to raise levels of nutrition and stan … more →


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