Full Coverage: Food
July 2007
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26.07.2007
The Green Revolution has been a useful response to food insecurity at a certain point in India's history. But the strategy cannot be a permanent one for a country like India. The fact is that intensive agriculture could happen only with high a level of irrigation, with diversity of ecology, rainfall and water table on which India is lacking.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Agriculture] [Economy] [Governance] |
22.07.2007
YK:n elintarvike- ja maatalousjärjestö (FAO) varoittaa, että ennakoitu viljan tuotannon väheneminen voi aiheuttaa ruokapulan lähes 30 maassa. Kiinaa ja Intiaa lukuun ottamatta viljan tuotanto on kehittyvissä maissa jäämässä pienemmäksi kuin viime vuonna. Myös väkivaltaisuudet ja huono turvallisuustilanne heikentävät ruokaturvaa, todetaan järjestön tuoreessa raportissa.
more...From: Suomen YK-liitto Image: © Obinna Anyadike / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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20.07.2007
Food supply could stretch tight for low-income food-deficit countries, says FAO’s latest report. After a relatively strong growth for four years in a row, production of cereals is predicted to go slow.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Economy] [United Nations] |
20.07.2007
Recently, United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) launched this years human development report for Zambia in Lusaka. The occasion, which was graced by the presence of the country's vice president, Nevers Mumba was rather sobering. There was just nothing to celebrate. Zambia finds itself in the unenviable 164th position in the world on social and economic performance.
more...From: The Post Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Southern Africa] [Zambia] [Agriculture] |
06.07.2007
Köyhillä perheillä ei ole varaa ylläpitää terveellistä ruokavaliota. Riittävän terveellisen ruuan hinta ylittää kolminkertaisesti koyhien ihmisten tulot, todetaan kansainvälisen Pelastakaa Lapset -järjestön tuoreessa raportissa.
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04.07.2007
ActionAid has launched a new five year campaign to end hunger, starting with a call to governments to deliver on their existing commitment to halve hunger by 2015. This is an urgent response to the reality that the number of people going hungry are going up drastically.
more...Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Governance] [MDGs] Image: Fight against hunger © Action Against Hunger-USA
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