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

• Food Prices Help Tip 75 Million Into Hunger In 2007: U.N.
  The New York Times – Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:06
  ROME (Reuters) - Rising food prices are partly to blame for adding 75 million more people to the ranks of the world's hungry in 2007 and lifting the global figure to roughly 925 million, the U.N...
• La faim progresse, 925 millions de personnes touchées dans le monde selon la FAO
  Voila – Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:27
  ROME (AFP) © AFPLe directeur général de l'agence de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), Jacques Diouf, à Boyane au Swaziland le 7 septembre 2008 Le directeur général de l'agence de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), Jacques Diouf, a annoncé mercredi à Rome de nouveaux chiffres alarmants sur la faim dans le monde qui touche aujourd'hui 925 millions de personnes contre 850 millions précédemment.
• EUROPE: Transgenic Crops' Days May Be Numbered
  Inter Press Service – Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:02
  This is due in large measure to the difficulty of convincing European farmers to adopt the transgenic crop production model, which is being promoted by biotech giants, but also to increasingly vociferous protests from civil society, which is demanding that governments take an active role, according to an expert interviewed by IPS.
• La FAO lutte contre un tueur de bananes en Afrique de l'Est
  Newspress.fr – Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:02
  Un projet commun de la FAO et du gouvernement ougandais a aidé plus de 3 000 agriculteurs à combattre une maladie nuisible qui a menacé d'anéantir la production de bananes plantain, un produit de base qui fournit alimentation et revenus à 14 millions de personnes.
• Nueva publicación de la FAO
  El Manana – Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:17
  El estudio hace un análisis sobre el derecho a la alimentación y el impacto de los biocombustibles líquidos (agrocombustibles)
• Ce qu’il faut savoir sur la peste des petits ruminants
  Al Bayane – Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:19
  PPR chez une chèvre (DR W.P. TAYLOR) : lésions récentes au niveau de la bouche montrant des zones de cellules mortes.Zones grises constituées de cellules mortes au niveau des gencives.
• Russia, Ukraine set to expand agricultural output
  Boston Globe – Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:09
  PARIS Aggregate output of wheat in the European members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose alliance of ex-Soviet nations, is forecast to rise 13 percent this year to 73 million tons, the FAO said in a statement.
• Morocco "goat plague" poses regional threat - FAO
  Forbes.com – Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:55
  Morocco's first ever outbreak of 'peste des petits ruminants', also known as PPR or 'goat plague', shows the virus has crossed the natural barrier of the Sahara Desert which had previously kept north Africa free of the disease, FAO said.
• Haiti Gets No Mercy From Hanna, Ike
  Time Magazine – Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:36
  The media profile of this season's hurricanes grows with their proximity to the U.S. mainland, but by the time they reach American soil they often have already delivered their harshest punishments — on those least able to cope.
• Food price warning
  CNBC Africa – Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:07
  World leaders had been warned of soaring food prices, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation director general Jacques Diouf said on Thursday. 
• African crop yields benefit from 'pinch' of fertiliser
  SciDev.Net – Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:14
  A technique using small amounts of fertiliser, pioneered by African agricultural scientists, is boosting crop yields in degraded soils. According to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), 25,000 farm families in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have significantly improved yields of sorghum, maize and millet by adding just a ''three-finger pinch'' (six grams) of fertiliser when planting seeds or within three weeks of sowing.
• Le virus H9N2 source d'une possible pandémie
  LE MAGHREB LE QUOTIDIEN DE L'ECONOMIE – Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58
  Si le monde se prépare à un risque de pandémie provoquée par le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire, une autre souche, le virus H9N2, représenterait une menace encore plus grande pour la population, selon des travaux publiés dans le revue "PLOS ONE".
• BURUNDI: FAO predicts serious food shortages
  IRIN – Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:46
  Waiting for food distribution: Parts of eastern and southern Burundi are threatened with acute food shortages following low agricultural yields compounded by an influx of returning refugees, a UN official has said.
• Fish Food for Thought
  CNN – Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:07
  Attention all seafood lovers. Put down your forks, knives, and crab mallets for a moment and listen up. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, Americans consume close to 5 billion pounds of seafood annually.
• Tackling the global food crisis
  ReliefWeb – Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:42
  Australia is committed to tackling the current global food crisis. For the first time since 1973 the world is facing the combined impact of record oil and food prices.
• Plus de 3 millions de personnes ont besoin d’une aide d’urgence
  La Presse – Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:40
  NAIROBI (Reuters) — Quelque 3,2 millions de personnes ont besoin d'une aide d'urgence en Somalie, ce qui représente une augmentation de 77% depuis le début de l'année, selon une étude de l'Unité d'analyse de la sécurité alimentaire (Fsau) dont Reuters a pris connaissance hier.
• FAO: pide estímulos para que los agricultores protejan el medio ambiente
  Telam – Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:14
  El almacenamiento de dióxido de carbono en plantas, la provisión de agua potable mediante control de inundaciones y la conservación de la biodiversidad, son algunas de las prácticas destacadas por la organización internacional en las que la gente del campo puede colaborar activamente.
• Rapatriement des réfugiés : le cap de 50.000 personnes sera atteint d’ici fin août 2008
  Le Potentiel – Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:07
  Le chiffre global des opérations de rapatriement lancées depuis 2004 par le Haut commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) au niveau de l’Equateur est de 49.730. Et le cap de 50.000 réfugiés sera atteint d’ici fin août 2008.
• Deforestation a key part of UN global treaty talks
  Boston Globe – Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:33
  AFIASO, Ghana --Years ago, no one thought twice about felling the rainforest around this village in West Africa. Land was cleared, cocoa and palm oil were planted, and the hamlet survived.
• Climate change threatens South Asia food supplies
  Forbes.com – Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:29
  DHAKA, Bangladesh - Melting Himalayan glaciers, rising sea levels and depleting fresh water sources as a result of global climate change are posing grave threats to food production and economic development in the populous South Asia region, experts said Monday.
• More than three million Somalis in need of aid
  Mail & Guardian – Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:46
  The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Somalia has leapt 77% this year to more than 3,2-million, an authoritative new study has shown. The report by the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU), seen by Reuters on Monday, paints a bleak picture of a crisis compounded by failed rains, rising food prices, inflation and the worst insecurity in the Horn of Africa nation since the early 1990s.
• Wasted food draining the water of the world
  Kuwait Times – Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:02
  STOCKHOLM: As much as half the water used to grow food worldwide is lost due to waste, experts said at a Stockholm conference that wrapped up yesterday, pointing out that the squandered resources are a major contributor to global water shortages.
• Taking bird flu lessons to the community
  IRIN – Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:42
  In an effort to raise awareness, the Cambodian government has taken the battle against bird flu to the community level PHNOM PENH, 17 June 2008 (IRIN) - The government is taking the battle against avian influenza in fowl and humans to the villages, especially in rural areas bordering Thailand and Vietnam, where there have been cases recently.
• Mozambique: FAO Grants Funds for Agricultural Census
  All Africa – Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:21
  Maputo The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has granted 379,000 US dollars for the second agricultural and livestock census in Mozambique (CAP II), to be conducted in an 18 month period between 2009 and 2010, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
• Insisten en la importancia de consumir frutas y verduras para prevenir enfermedades
  La Segunda – Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:16
  Científicos han descubierto que los fitoquímicos, compuestos presentes en frutas y verduras, tendrían una serie de propiedades que permitirían proteger al cuerpo actuando como antioxidantes, antiinflamatorios y anti cancerígenos.
• Swaziland: Low Input Funding Means Low Yields
  All Africa – 08/21/2008, 08:08
  Mbabane Erratic weather and a prolonged dry spell caused Swaziland to record its lowest ever maize harvest in April 2007; although the 2008 harvest was double the size, it is still not enough, and a lack of funds to meet the zooming price of inputs means people might have to go hungry again next year.
• Dropping the poppy habit
  SciDev.Net – 08/20/2008, 23:20
  Afghan farmers are weaning themselves off illegal poppy cultivation and branching out into other crops, reports T. V. Padma. Crop scientist Aziz Osmanzai vividly remembers how farmland in Afghanistan became a battlefield in two decades of conflict that engulfed the mountain country.
• La grippe aviaire revient en force
  Le Messager – Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:14
  La Fao tire la sonnette d’alarme. On croyait la maladie éradiquée. Le Fonds des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (Fao) a signalé la semaine dernière l’apparition au Nigeria d’une souche de la grippe aviaire “hautement pathogène”.
• Zimbabweans juggle world's highest inflation, food shortages
  Business Report – Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:44
  Harare - Mike Bvunzawabaya is one of Harare's luckier residents. As a security guard at a large supermarket, he is able to buy a loaf bread at the official price of eight Zimbabwe dollars, which he then resells for $120.
• España suspende en venta de productos pesqueros, dice Greenpeace
  Reuters España – Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:55
  MADRID (Reuters) - Pese a que España es uno de los principales centros de consumo de productos pesqueros del mundo, los supermercados del país no cumplen con los requisitos para mejorar los problemas de sobreexplotación y comprometerse con su sostenibilidad, dijo el martes la organización ecologista Greenpeace.
• Se perdió casi el 70 por ciento de los bosques nativos
  Telam – Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:36
  De los 100 millones de hectáreas que constituía la cobertura forestal en 1915, la Argentina sólo cuenta actualmente con un poco más de 21 millones. De esta manera, el país ingresó en el selecto grupo de países con cubierta forestal reducida, según definición de Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO), un exclusivo pero poco recomendable grupo de países.
• Croat farmers seek market niches before EU entry
  Reuters – Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:18
  By Zoran Radosavljevic DEZEVCI, Croatia (Reuters) - Damir Rosipal is proud of his organic tomatoes. The stocky Croat farmer says they taste infinitely better than the perfect-looking produce from the European Union.
• Nouvelle souche de grippe aviaire au Nigeria: le Ghana en alerte
  Panapress – Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:46
  Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - La Direction des services vétérinaires du Ghana alarmée par la résurgence de l'influenza aviaire (grippe aviaire) au Nigeria, veut se réunir avec ses voisins de l'Est, le Togo et le Bénin, pour discuter des mesures communes à prendre en vue de prévenir sa propagation dans leurs pays respectifs. 
• Among the Starving in Ethiopia
  Time – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:14
  All morning in the village of Kersa, the hills have echoed with the wails of women walking in from the fields. They gather on a patch of open grass before a stretcher made from freshly cut bamboo, bound and laid with banana leaves.
• New bird flu strain found in Nigeria, UN's FAO says
  Reuters US – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:15
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Monday.
• Nestle, Kellogg Struggle to Pass on Rising Food Costs
  Bloomberg – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:40
  By Mark Herlihy and Sarah Shannon Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA, the world's largest food company, and Kellogg Co., the biggest U.S. cereal maker, can't raise prices fast enough to sustain earnings growth after the cost of grains, dairy products and meat surged to records.
• Zimbabwe: Food insecurity emergency appeal
  Zim Online – Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:41
  This preliminary emergency appeal seeks CHF 27,755,314 (USD 26,837,020) in cash or in kind to support the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) to assist 260 100 OVC, HBC clients and their household members within its community home-based care programme across 25 districts in the country’s 10 administrative provinces for nine months.
• Víveres escasos amenazan a gente con VIH
  Telemundo - Yahoo – Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:59
  2 horas, 33 minutos ADVERTISEMENT La reducción de la disponibilidad de alimentos en el mundo agrava el panorama de quienes padecen sida, muchos de los cuales viven en situación precaria y al padecer hambre su situación empeora porque los fármacos que toman pierden efectividad.
• FAO completes seed distribution scheme in CAR
  Xinhua Online (Eng) – Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:41
  The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has completed one of its largest-ever seed distribution operations in the Central African Republic (CAR), a UN news release said Thursday.
• Le monde face à un regain d'instabilité et de violence
  Le Courrier du Vietnam – Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:47
  L'escalade des prix de l'énergie et de l'alimentation, le manque d'eau et le changement climatique pourraient nourrir un regain d'instabilité et de violences dans le monde au cours de la prochaine décennie, selon un rapport publié mardi.
• Today in The Nation: Burgers or Biofuel?
  The Nation – Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:38
  Only three years ago there was such a surplus of corn in the Midwest that it became a joke. Someone pasted the image of a skier into a photo of a mountainous pile of the stuff, labeled it ' Ski Iowa,' and e-mailed it around the Internet to hand everyone a laugh--except the farmers, of course.
• KENYA: Pastoralist livelihoods hurt by disease
  IRIN – Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:58
  Photo: John Nyaga/IRIN Pastoralists in drought-prone northern Kenya say a viral disease, known as Pestes des Petits Ruminats (PPR), has killed 2.7 million goats and sheep in the past two years ISIOLO, 5 August 2008 (IRIN) - Pastoralists in northern Kenya have said their livelihoods have been seriously affected by a viral disease that has killed 2.
• More AIDS Risked as Poor Women Trade Sex for Food
  ABC News – Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49
  Poverty Contributing to HIV Spread, AIDS Researchers Say
• BIRD FLU: Myanmar cooperates with UN organization in avian influenza prevention
  PoultrySite – Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:05
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• Nueva muerte por gripe aviar al oeste de Yakarta eleva a 112 cifra
  El Diario – Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:11
  EFE Yakarta— Un joven de 19 años murió a causa de la gripe aviar en Indonesia, elevando a 112 el total de fallecidos en el país más afectado del mundo por el virus, informaron hoy las autoridades sanitarias.
• Ethiopie: Pertes de récolte et de bétail dans plusieurs régions
  All Africa – Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:48
  Nairobi La situation humanitaire dans les régions de l'Afar, d'Amhara, de Somali et de Tigré, en Ethiopie, risque de se dégrader, suite aux pertes de bétail et de récolte observées cette saison, selon les conclusions préliminaires d'une mission d'évaluation menée dernièrement.
• Crisis económica
  Hoy Online – Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:25
  En América Latina aumentan los precios y crece la pobreza en 2008 El crecimiento de las economías latinoamericanas durante 2008 se verá afectado por la oleada inflacionaria registrada en la región, durante este primer semestre del año.
• "Country months away from major crisis"
  IRIN – Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:51
  Mark Bowden (centre), the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia NAIROBI, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - Drought, conflict, hyperinflation, high food and fuel prices, the weakness of the Somali shilling and a succession of poor harvests have increased the number of people needing food and other assistance
• U.N.: N.K. food shortage dire
  CNN – Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:05
  The first survey on food and nutrition in North Korea since the country granted broad access to aid groups shows millions of people are going hungry, with households reducing their food intake and more children becoming malnourished.
• Cassava could help protect food and energy security
  IPPmedia – Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:33
  The tropical root crop cassava could help protect the food and energy security of poor countries now threatened by soaring food and oil prices, FAO said Monday.
• Japan funds rice growing in north
  New Vision – Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:34
  The Japanese government has extended a $1,499,400 (about sh2.43b) grant towards agricultural and rural development in northern region.
• La FAO constata que la dieta mediterránea está moribunda en sus países de origen
  La Voz de Galicia – Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:05
  Enviar Imprimir Volver El consumo de la dieta mediterránea, basada en frutas y verduras frescas, ha decaído en los últimos 45 años «y se encuentra en estado moribundo» en su propia área, según un estudio de la FAO, con lo que en la región aumentan el sobrepeso y la obesidad.
• North Korea food crisis worst in a decade: U.N.
  Reuters via Yahoo! – Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:22
  Parts of North Korea are experiencing their worst levels of hunger in nearly a decade, the U.N. World Food Program said on Wednesday as it called on donors to provide urgent assistance over the next few months.
• Food crisis pushes them toward starvation
  The Hindu – Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:34
  At first sight the business resembles a thriving pottery. In a dusty courtyard women mould clay and water into hundreds of little platters and lay them out to harden under the Caribbean sun.
• Europe abandoning lean Mediterranean diet
  Toronto Sun – Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:28
  Obesity on the rise as eating habits change Size: A A A Share: +Help ROME — Obesity is on the rise across southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East as people on the shores of the Mediterranean abandon the lean diet of their ancestors and opt for fatter and faster foods, a United Nations agency said Tuesday.
• U.S. Food Portions Under Scrutiny
  WRDX – Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:54
  With soaring food prices sparking protests in many countries and more than 800 million people going hungry every day, U.S. food portions are under scrutiny.
• Rice farmers return to Myanmar's cyclone-hit delta but plenty of hurdles remain
  Los Angeles Times – Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:57
  THOME GWE, Myanmar (AP) _ Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields.
• La FAO anima a investigar para aumentar el rendimiento de la yuca
  El Mexicano – Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:53
  AFP Roma, Italia. - La FAO realizó este viernes un llamado para que aumente la investigación sobre la yuca, así como un desarrollo del cultivo de esta planta tropical particularmente explotada en los países en vías de desarrollo, indicó este organismo de la ONU en un comunicado.
• La famine menace en Afrique de l'Est, frappée par une série de calamités
  Yahoo News (FR) – Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:59
  NAIROBI (AFP) - Frappées de plein fouet par la sécheresse et la flambée des prix des denrées de base, plus de 14 millions de personnes sont menacées de graves pénuries alimentaires en Afrique de l'Est, victime d'un "mélange mortel" de calamités, s'alarment les humanitaires.
• Lanza FAO proyecto para prevenir mal de las vacas locas
  El Financiero – Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:59
  Advierte principalmente a siete países centroamericanos y República Dominicana Fortalecer la capacidad de los servicios veterinarios, el objetivo El Financiero en línea Santiago de Chile, 24 de julio.
• Crise alimentaire : 50 millions d’affamés de plus en 2007
  ReliefWeb – Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:36
  P-au-P., 24 juil 08 [AlterPresse] --- Le nombre d’affamés a augmenté de 50 millions en 2007, selon le directeur général de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO), Jacques Diouf.
• Famines : l'urgence
  Le Monde – Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:37
  Depuis le début de l'année, des "émeutes de la faim" ont éclaté dans une quarantaine de pays. Du Mexique à l'Indonésie, de Haïti au Cameroun, les populations sont descendues dans la rue pour protester contre la hausse des prix alimentaires.
• Biofuels cost 100 mil. tons of cereal
  The China Post – Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:50
  HAVANA -- The production of biofuels is depriving the world of around 100 million tons of cereals th at could go to feed the hungry, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday on a visit to Cuba.
• 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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