Full Coverage: Food

30.04.2008 Ruoan kohonneet hinnat koskettavat erityisesti perheellisiä naisia. Äiti on perheessä usein se, joka syö vasta kun muut ovat saaneet vatsansa täyteen, tai joka ottaa toisen tai kolmannen työn saadakseen ruokaa perheelleen.

30.04.2008 BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region.

29.04.2008 Women are the worst hit by the ongoing food crisis in Asia. According to Committee for Asian Women (CAW), female workers are compelled to take additional jobs in the informal sector, where there are no steady wages or social benefits.

29.04.2008 Kuivuus on jo surmannut useita ihmisiä Pohjois-Somalian Somalimaassa. Vaikka sateet alkaisivat pian, Somalimaata uhkaavat ruokakriisi ja nälänhätä, varoittaa alueella kehitysyhteistyötä tekevä Solidaarisuus.

28.04.2008 WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Far away and close to home the growing world food crisis is taking a toll. While Americans are increasingly shocked at their rising grocery bills, hunger threatens lives and stability in several developing countries.

28.04.2008 Continuing food crisis in Afghanistan is frustrating people as several cities witness protests, riots and looting. While people blame government for this crisis, experts attribute it to both local and global factors. The country would need over half-a-million tonnes of imported wheat to meet the current demand.

28.04.2008 YK:n huippukokouksen päätökset pettivät ennakko-odotukset, Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus arvioi. Teollisuusmaat eivät halunneet antaa UNCTADille uusia valtuuksia rakenteellisten ratkaisujen etsimiseksi ruokakriisiin.

28.04.2008 WASHINGTON, Apr 27 (OneWorld) - Occasionally, OneWorld.net will put out an alert when many of the NGOs we work with are taking on a breaking issue. Over the past year, we've done this for the crisis in Kenya, Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the earthquake that struck Peru in August. But this week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent.

25.04.2008 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States.

25.04.2008 Certification alone cannot guarantee that agrofuels are being produced sustainably. 'Sustainability' is being used as a smokescreen, shows a new report (PDF).
From: Friends of the Earth Europe

23.04.2008 The UN food agency has alerted Pakistan against a possible attack of Ug99 on wheat crops. Even as officials from the country have denied its presence, there are fears that winds from Iran and Balochistan may blow in the black stem rust, leading to widespread crop loss in South Asia.

23.04.2008 Expectations of bumper rice crop in Bangladesh may be good news for Bangladeshis. However, the UN food agency feels that it may not be enough to pull the country out of the present food crisis, where half of the population lives below the poverty line.

23.04.2008 Ruoan hintapiikkejä voitaisiin tasata esimerkiksi rajaamalla suuryritysten valtaa ja ohjailemalla tuotantomääriä, kansalaisjärjestöt arvioivat YK:n huippukokouksessa Accrassa.

22.04.2008 A "silent tsunami" unleashed by costlier food threatens 100 million people, the UN said on Tuesday, as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would seek changes to EU biofuels targets if it was shown that planting crops for fuel was driving up food prices.
+ ODI evidence on WFP and Global Food Security to the International Development Committee

21.04.2008 Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon footprint than the distance the food has travelled.
From: New Scientist

21.04.2008 Millions of hungry people the world over will be at risk, if the UN food agency is not able to collect upwards of $750 million to buy food from international market. The rising food prices have caused this shortfall.

21.04.2008 EU ja Yhdysvallat eivät halua keskustella uusista toimista elintarvikkeiden hintojen vakauttamiseksi, vaikka UNCTADin huippukokous olisi siihen hyvä areena, Kepa kritisoi.

21.04.2008 Euroopan unioni on perääntymässä tavoitteestaan, jonka mukaan 10 prosenttia kaikesta polttoaineesta pitää olla bioa vuoteen 2020 mennessä. Tavoite on nyt "toissijainen", sanoo komission virkamies The Guardian -lehden haastattelussa.

21.04.2008 The European commission is backing away from its insistence on imposing a compulsory 10% quota of biofuels in all petrol and diesel by 2020.
From: The Guardian

19.04.2008 NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics.