Reports from Meltwater News, providing a selection of recent news stories in the global media mentioning FAO:

• FAO: biocombustíveis vão privar o mundo de 100 milhões de toneladas de cereais
  Portos e Navios – Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:47
  HAVANA, CUBA - A produção de biocombustíveis privam o mundo de quase 100 milhões de toneladas de cereais como milho e trigo, que poderiam ser destinados à alimentação, denunciou nesta segunda-feira (21) em Havana o diretor-geral da FAO, o senegalês Jacques Diouf.
• Analyse World Hunger & Food Security: Indicators, Measurement, and the Impact of Trade Openness
  Forbes.com – Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'Food Security: Indicators, Measurement, and the Impact of Trade Openness' report to their offering.
• Reiteran urgencia de invertir en agricultura
  Panama America – Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:57
  Director de la FAO dijo que fue un error no haber invertido lo necesario durante un largo período de tiempo en el agro
• Global Food Supply Dwindling as Prices Skyrocket, Warns UN
  NaturalNews.com – Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:23
  by: David Gutierrez | Key concepts: food supply, natural health and renewable energy Want stories like this e-mailed to you? Click here for free email alerts Email this article to a friend Printable Version (NaturalNews) The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf, has warned that the world's supply of food is shrinking, creating "a very serious risk that fewer people will be able to get food.
• ÉTHANOL / Flambée des prix mondiaux - Les biocarburants sont-ils responsables?
  Paysan-breton.fr – Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:04
  Pourront-ils longtemps faire ce choix ?Durant la campagne 2008/2009, les Etats-Unis devraient consacrer plus du tiers de leur production de maïs à la fabrication d’éthanol.
• UN appeals for $33.5 million for Myanmar
  Yahoo News USA – Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:06
  ROME - A U.N. food agency is appealing for $33.5 million to help small farmers and fishermen in cyclone-hit Myanmar. ADVERTISEMENT The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said that 75 percent of farmers in the country's main food-producing region lack sufficient seed, with little time left before the end of the planting season in August.
• The Global Food Crisis: From Panic to Organic
  Seeking Alpha – Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:31
  If you have been watching the commodity-related ETFs like the GreenHaven Continous Commodity Index (AMEX:GCC), the PowerShares DB Commodity Idx Trking Fund (AMEX:DBC) or the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG), you know that food and commodity prices have been soaring.
• Algo que objetar
  El Pais – Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:37
  Al final de la magnífica novela de Tim Lott, White City, el protagonista Frankie Blue, alias Frank el Trola, a punto de casarse con Verónica Tree, Vronky, oye de labios del cura aquello de "si alguien tiene algo que objetar.
• FAO offers help to fight inflation
  Economictimes – Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:29
  NEW DELHI: To help farmers and consumers mitigate the negative effects of rising food and input prices, the UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation has launched a series of projects worth 21 million dollar in 48 countries, excluding India.
• Agriculture : l'indispensable débat
  Les Echos – Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:56
  "Soutenir l'agriculture familiale, c'est assurer la survie de l'humanité !" affirme Dao Bassiaka, le président de la Fédération des professionnels agricoles du Burkina Faso.
• Why everything costs more
  IRIN – Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:22
  2006 JOHANNESBURG, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - A rough guide to why food prices keep going up What is the crisis? For the first time since 1973, the world has been hit by a combination of record high food and fuel prices.
• Euro-African conference explores future of food
  Food Navigator – Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:07
  Growing populations and rocketing food prices are painting a bleak picture for the future of food, but there are avenues to explore to stave off impending crises, according to a European Parliament-French government conference last week.
• UN Agencies Urge G8 To Deal "Decisive Blow" Against Hunger
  Nasdaq – Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:47
  ROME (AFP)--The U.N. food agencies Tuesday urged the Group of Eight summit under way in Japan to deal a 'decisive blow' to hunger and poverty by boosting food aid and investment in agriculture.
• World's Poor Hunger for Easing of Trade Barriers: Kevin Hassett
  Bloomberg – Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:01
  Commentary by Kevin Hassett July 7 (Bloomberg) -- This week, as the Group of Eight countries meet to discuss global problems, there is one sad truth you can put your money on: The G-8 will continue to fiddle while the developing world burns.
• Why world food crisis forced its way onto G8 agenda
  North Queensland Register – Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:56
  The food crisis hitting the world's poor forces food security has forced its way onto the agenda at today's meeting of G8 leaders in Japan because of the impact of spiralling food prices across of the world in countries such as Ethiopia.
• Rising Commodity Prices, Threats of Global Recession and the African Economies
  American Chronicle – Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:56
  1. Historical Trends of Commodity Prices For many decades, at least until recently, overall commodity prices have tended to decline relative to the prices of other outputs, although with considerable volatility.
• Aceleran la inflación y castiga a los más pobres: FAO
  La Jornada – Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:07
  Reuters Santiago, 4 de julio. Un fuerte avance en los precios de los alimentos está acelerando la inflación de América Latina, castigando especialmente a los más pobres, pero también representa una oportunidad por el impulso de las exportaciones, dijo este viernes la oficina regional de la FAO.
• Du G8 au G13 : Tokyo se défie de l’idée de Paris
  Libération – Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:43
  L’idée défendue par Nicolas Sarkozy non plus d’un G8 mais d’un G13 qui, outre les économies industrialisées, comprendrait aussi la Chine, l’Inde, le Brésil, le Mexique et l’Afrique du Sud, n’est pas du goût du Japon, qui, avant le G8 prévu chez lui, à Hokkaido, du 7 au 9 juillet, le fait savoir.
• Biofuels: Friend or foe?
  Guardian Unlimited – Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:40
  Biofuels until recently were regarded as a climate-friendly answer to reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Now they are seen by many as a major factor in the rise in food prices.
• FAO La erosión afecta ya al 20% de las tierras agrícolas y al 30% de los bosques, advierte la FAO
  La Voz de Galicia – Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:28
  La erosión del suele ha aumentado en los últimos veinte años y afecta al 20% de las tierras agrícolas, el 15% de los pastizales y el 30% de los bosques, según informó ayer la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO).
• Horn Of Africa Facing Growing Humanitarian Crisis
  Scoop – Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:24
  Press Release: United Nations Horn of Africa facing growing humanitarian crisis, UN agencies warn 2 July 2008 - United Nations relief agencies have sounded the alarm today about the humanitarian situation in six countries across the Horn of Africa, where a combination of drought conditions and soaring food prices has left more than 14 million people in urgent need of food aid.
• Economic insecurity hits rich and poor countries alike: UN survey
  Macleans Online – Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:03
  UNITED NATIONS - Rich and poor countries have more in common this year - a growing sense of economic insecurity, the UN says in an annual survey of world economic and social trends released Tuesday.
• Cattle shortage adds to misery of Burma's cyclone hit farmers
  ReliefWeb – Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:41
  Solomon New Delhi - With thousands of cattle killed in the cyclone and in its aftermath from diseases, farmers in Burma's cyclone hit regions are helpless as the season for rice plantation is to end soon.
• US ships food aid to North Korea
  Boston Globe – Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:39
  tons of wheat has arrived in North Korea, officials said yesterday, the first installment in what is scheduled to be a major expansion of international food aid in the closed totalitarian country.
• Mercosur destaca rol de países emergentes frente a la crisis alimentaria
  Yahoo Mexico – Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:46
  1 hora, 47 minutos TUCUMAN, Argentina (AFP) - Los mandatarios del Mercosur y estados socios destacarán el martes el papel crucial de los países emergentes como proveedores mundiales de alimentos y condenarán la persecución a inmigrantes en Europa, cuando concluya la Cumbre en la provincia argentina de Tucumán (norte), donde hace cinco años el hambre hacía estragos.
• Animal disease outbreak in Irrawaddy delta
  ReliefWeb – Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:31
  By SAW YAN NAING An outbreak of animal foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in townships affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta and in Rangoon and Pegu divisions, according to sources in Rangoon.
• Biocarburants: trop tard pour un moratoire
  LeTemps – Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:07
  Le prix du baril de pétrole est en augmentation constante depuis plusieurs années et s'est envolé ces derniers mois en raison d'une demande qui croît et d'une offre qui stagne.
• Plantea la OCDE reformar el sector agrario subvencionado
  La Jornada – Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:13
  Dpa y Reuters París. La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) exigió que se realicen mayores reformas en el sector agrario, que cuenta con grandes subvenciones, a fin de afrontar el récord alcanzado por los precios de los alimentos.
• TIMOR-LESTE: Porous border increases avian flu risks
  IRIN – Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:18
  Photo: Shamsuddin Ahmed/IRIN Timor-Leste has managed to avoid a bird flu outbreak so far DILI, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - With little capacity to prevent avian flu from crossing the border from the neighbouring Indonesian region of West Timor, health officials are concerned about possible outbreaks.
• High food prices could reverse agricultural growth in transition countries
  ReliefWeb – Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:13
  FAO Director-General opens Regional Conference for Europe 26 June 2008, Innsbruck, Austria -- Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today at the opening of the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Europe.
• Food prices will remain high, says FAO chief
  IOL – Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:51
  Innsbruck, Austria - The head of the United Nations food agency on Wednesday warned that food prices will remain high and has called for a boost in production.
• Burma farmers need $US83m in aid: UN
  Sydney Morning Herald – Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:49
  Burma needs $US83 million ($A88 million) to help farmers recover from Cyclone Nargis, with 52,000 families facing hunger and poverty if they do not plant their rice crop, a UN agency says.
• Shoppers set to count rising cost of bananas
  The Times – Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:33
  Bananas have joined the ranks of dairy, meat and wheat products among foodstuffs whose prices are set to surge because of the sharp rise in fuel costs.
• UN-led Meeting in Nairobi Focuses on African Food Security
  VOA News – Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:46
  De Capua interview with Gathuru Mburu - Download (MP3) Food shortages and higher prices are among the main issues being discussed this week at a UN meeting in Nairobi.
• El máximo circo
  La Prensa – Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38
  Buenos Aires (AIPE)— La Cumbre Mundial de la Alimentación se desarrolló en la sede de la FAO en Roma, frente al Circo Máximo, donde los leones se comían a los cristianos. 
• La crise pétrolière auscultée par les pays du G8
  Le Figaro – Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:57
  Une réponse coordonnée associant producteurs et consommateurs, semble encore prématurée. Que peuvent des ministres des finances face à des marchés du pétrole et des denrées alimentaires en rut ? On le saura samedi à l'issue des discussions qui commencent ce soir à Osaka, et qui réunissent les ministres des Finances des pays du G8 (États-Unis, Canada, Japon, Russie, Allemagne, France, Italie, et Royaume-Uni).
• Берлускони и Буш обсудили ситуацию в Ираке и продовольствие
  RIA Novosti – Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:08
  05:41 | 13/ 06/ 2008 РИМ, 12 июн - РИА Новости, Елизавета Зорина. Президент США, находящийся с официальным визитом в Риме, и премьер-министр Италии Сильвио Берлускони обсудили широкий круг международных проблем.
• USDA's Schafer Says No Biofuels Policy Changes Needed (Update1)
  Bloomberg – Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:19
  By Alan Bjerga June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said increased use of corn-based ethanol isn't a major cause of higher food prices in the U.
• Lobbys y comportamientos políticamente correctos
  ABC - 11/06 10:11 ENRIQUE AGUILAR Hace algunos días los españoles nos desayunábamos con una noticia, de la que se hacía eco la prensa de tirada nacional y los medios radiofónicos y televisivos de todo el país, que a más de uno nos llamó la atención: la noticia en cuestión se refería al episodio protagonizado por dos...
• La sécurité économique : entre nécessités vitales et facilités mortelles
  La Tribune Online – Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:18
  Par Louisa Aït Hamadouche Est-il nécessaire de rappeler que la flambée des cours des denrées alimentaires (+53% au cours des quatre premiers mois de 2008 par rapport à la même période de 2007) a touché de plein fouet les plus pauvres de la planète, provoquant des émeutes en Afrique, dans les Caraïbes, en Asie et à Haïti.
• Food Crisis Forces New Look at Farming
  The Wall Street Journal – Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:41
  PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti -- Leonid Eustache coaxes a small rice crop out of his tiny plot here, but he could use some help from his government. He can't afford fertilizer.
• Biocarburants et subventions: le sommet de la FAO vers un accord a minima
  20 Minutes - 05/06 14:58 ...augmenter la police diminuer la police imprimer Les 193 pays participant au sommet de la FAO à Rome bouclaient leurs travaux jeudi avec une déclaration finale qui devrait les engager à lutter "par tous les moyens" contre la crise alimentaire, mais sans trancher les épineuses questions des subventions.
• U.N. chief: $20B a year needed
  CNN - 05/06 04:27 ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Countries and donors must spend as much as $20 billion a year if the world is to end the food crisis, the head of the United Nations said...
• Face à la hausse des prix alimentaires la FAO appelle les pays riches à accroître leur aide
  Le Monde - 02/06 10:16
  Réagir Classer E-mail Imprimer "court, moyen et long termes" en faveur des pays pauvres. En raison de la baisse des stocks et des exportations vers "de plus en plus de pays", les prix ont flambé, a-t-il rappelé, et certains d'entre eux "qui ne peuvent faire face à cette hausse des prix n'ont plus assez de...
• Presidenta argentina viaja a Roma en medio conflicto con agro
  La Voz - 01/06 16:50
  La presidenta Cristina Fernández programó partir el domingo a Roma para una reunión mundial sobre seguridad alimentaria, un tema presente en el conflicto que mantiene con productores rurales que han realizado tres huelgas en los últimos 75...
• U.N. climate talks clouded by high energy costs
  Reuters US - 01/06 09:42
  Mounting criticism over how some climate policies are adding to record energy and food prices threatens to distract U.N.-led talks on a new global warming pact, which resume this week in...

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