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April 2008

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Refugees 'Disproportionately' Hit by Food Crisis

04/30/2008 Refugees account for over half of those that will need food aid this year due to increased food prices, writes an international refugee agency, noting that violent reactions to the crisis may also force more people to flee their homes.

Image: U.S. food aid to Darfur. © Refugees International

Global Food Crisis: What You Can Do

Topic Guide: Refugees

Food Crisis Adds to Women's Burden in Asia

04/30/2008 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.

Image: In Nepal. © Heifer International

Groups Begin to Tackle Hunger Crisis

04/28/2008 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.

Image: Honduran farmer. © Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy

Afghanistan�s food shortage triggering riots

04/28/2008 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.

Image: A bazaar in Kabul / Photo credit: IPS

Global Food Crisis, Global Turning Point?

04/25/2008 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.

Image: Children at a rural Nepal school enjoy a meal as part of the World Food Programme's feeding program. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network

Biofuels: Sustainability Not Guaranteed

04/25/2008 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

Image: More sugarcane is being grown for biofuel

Need for more research to solve agricultural crisis

More research needed to increase agricultural productivity

04/24/2008 A new international study says there is need for more agricultural research to be able to produce more in a sustainable manner. The study however cautions against excessive optimism about transgenic crops, as their potential environmental and health risks are yet unknown.

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Related: [Climate Change]

Image: More research needed to increase agricultural productivity © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Wheat fungus fear in Pakistan

04/23/2008 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.

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Related: [Pakistan] [South Asia] [Food]

Death of a poet-farmer

Family sits in grief / Photo credit: India Together

04/23/2008 Shreekrishna Kalamb, a poet-farmer in Vidarbha region of western India, ended his life on March 24. His death and those of 250 others, who have committed suicide since January, are symbolic of an agrarian crisis that the country is reeling under for past many years.

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Related: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Land]

Image: Family sits in grief / Photo credit: India Together

Good harvest but food crisis to continue

Bumper harvest expected in Bangladesh / David Swanson / IRIN

04/23/2008 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.

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Related: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Food]

Image: Bumper harvest expected in Bangladesh / David Swanson / IRIN

It's Not Food Miles, It's Meat

04/21/2008 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

Image: Future meat, by ChrisM70

EU Biofuel U-Turn?

04/21/2008 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

Image: Oilseed rape (canola) field: biofuel or food oil? Image by neilsphotoalbum

Food Crisis Set to Get Worse - Experts

04/19/2008 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.

Image: Chinese rice farmer. © kevsunblush (flickr)

Marching in defence of seed sovereignty

Vandana Shiva / Photo credit: Mahipal S. Rawat / OWSA

04/18/2008 An 18-day march by Indian farmers ended on April 12 at Mahatma Gandhi�s memorial in New Delhi. The march was organised by Navdanya Trust to spread awareness on seed and food sovereignty currently facing the onslaught of multinational companies.

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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related: [South Asia] [Conservation] [Food]

Image: Vandana Shiva / Photo credit: Mahipal S. Rawat / OWSA

Tremendous potential for agriculture in Afghanistan

04/18/2008 With its fertile land and abundant rivers, a long-term investment in agricultural infrastructure from donors can make Afghanistan self-sufficient in food, says a UN official. Up to 70% of Afghans are suffering from acute food insecurity due to poverty, drought and years of conflict.

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Related: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Land] [Food] [Aid]

We Drive, They Starve

Fill the tank or feed a child for a year?

04/17/2008 The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.
From: The Telegraph

Bangladeshi Farmers Adapt to Climate Changes

Bangladeshi farmer on his 'floating garden.'

04/16/2008 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.

KKS Melati Selanggarakan Wisata Baca dan Kegiatan Peduli Lingkungan

04/16/2008 KKS Melati mengembangkan sebuah kegiatan yang disebut wisata baca dan peduli lingkungan. Kegiatan ini merupakan bagian dari kegiatan rutin �Rolling book� yang diselenggarakan setiap 3 bulan yang digabungkan dengan wisata lingkungan untuk mengajak anak-anak jalanan, dhuafa dan taman baca lebih memahami pentingnya melestarikan lingkungan di sekitarnya

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Related: [Indonesia]

Image: KKS Melati, Sumber:www.kksmelati.org

Drop Biofuel Targets, Urge Scientists

04/14/2008 Scientists tasked with advising the European Union's policy-makers have called for a target on promoting the greater use of biofuels to be dropped.

Image: Is the 10 percent target for biofuels wise?

�Inflation is akin to a tax on the poor�

04/14/2008 The rise in food prices, the [Indian] government says, is an international phenomenon. But this argument is unlikely to cut much ice with the people. At the crux of the crisis is the tardy pace at which farm output has been growing in recent years, says senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

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Related: [South Asia] [Economy] [Poverty] [Food]

Image: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta / Photo credit: BBC

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