Full Coverage: Food

29.03.2008 Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College, London has been awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize for his pioneering concepts of measuring, understanding and communicating water issues. ‘Virtual water’ import via food has had major impacts on global trade policy and research, especially in water-scarce regions.

28.03.2008 The Slow Food Movement is globally picking pace amidst the fast food culture. Traditional and organic food is healthier, culture-specific and in tandem with one's natural environment, its proponents claim.

28.03.2008 Despite being the locomotive of the global economy, the Asia-Pacific region still faces enormous challenges like food, energy and water security. UNESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 reveals that by making agriculture both economically and socially viable, the region can achieve sustainable and inclusive growth.

28.03.2008 Suomi avustaa Maailman ruokaohjelmaa WFP:tä tänä vuonna kaikkiaan kahdellatoista miljoonalla eurolla. WFP:tä vaivaa rahoitusvaje, joka johtuu ruoan ja polttoaineen kallistumisesta.

28.03.2008 Revitalisation of agriculture is crucial to eradicate poverty, says UNESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 released globally on March 27. The survey highlights key challenges arising from economic hardships and social inequality in the Asia-Pacific region and calls for concerted policy actions.

25.03.2008 This year’s bumper potato crop in Bangladesh may save millions of hungry people from starvation, who are reeling under the skyrocketing prices of food items. The government plans to distribute free potatoes and rice among the poor under its Vulnerable Group Feeding programme.

24.03.2008 UNDP has said that rich nations must enhance their aid to Bangladesh to cushion the rising prices of food items. With inflation reaching 16% and the cost of rice doubling in last one year, poor households are spending more than two-thirds of their earnings on food.

20.03.2008 It is unlikely that melting of heavy winter snow will cause any serious flooding in Afghanistan this year. The UN Assistance Mission is, however, concerned that farmers in the northern provinces of Faryab, Badakhshan and Balkh will probably face shortages of irrigation water, which will adversely affect the staple crop harvest.

18.03.2008

13.03.2008 Maataloustuotteiden maailmanlaajuinen hinnanousu ei tule helpottamaan vähään aikaan. Kasvaneet ruokalaskut rasittavat eniten kehitysmaiden köyhimpiä. Ruoan hinta on jo ollut levottomuuksien syynä eri puolilla maailmaa Meksikosta Afrikkaan.

11.03.2008

04.03.2008 Poliittista kriisiä seuranneiden levottomuuksien aikana vehnän- ja maissintuotanto romahti ja viljelijät eivät saaneet kaupattua tuotteitaan. Keniaa uhkaa ruokapula, ja ruoan hinta Nairobissa on noussut räjähdysmäisesti.