Food for thought for Eurocrats

                   
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guardian.co.uk     Jul 17, 2008            

The EU wants to fund farmers in poor countries with €1bn. But what it serves up with one hand, they take away with the other A charm offensive of sorts is being undertaken by several European commissioners before their institution closes for August. Much of their holiday countdown is being spent trying to cajole EU governments and MEPs to endorse a planned €1bn fund for aiding farmers in poor countries. At first glance, this idea seems like a necessary and welcome response to the surging food prices that have caused social unrest in many parts of the world. Common sense dictates that if you wish to fight hunger it might be sensible to pay attention to the economic sector that produces food. And yet agriculture has been scandalously neglected for decades: while the total amount of all development aid given by rich countries to... [read full story]                    

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Where’s All the World’s Food?

alternative-energy-news.info     Jul 7, 2008          

Nothing could be as much a mirror of poor people’s food plight today as Thai farmers reportedly conducting armed vigils in their rice fields at night to prevent thieves from reaping the crop. As a measure against nocturnal rice...                    

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Eight Reasons Food Prices Will Keep Rising

geezeo.com     Jul 7, 2008          

Eight Reasons Food Prices Will Keep Rising By Jeffrey Strain | MainStreet.com Be prepared — food is going to become more expensive, even if oil prices stabilize. But what most people don’t realize is that even if oil prices...                    

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The Rich World and the Food Crisis

wsj.com     Jul 8, 2008          

Leaders of the G-8 nations are gathered this week in Toyako, Japan, to root out the culprits in a food crisis that has moved hundreds of millions from subsistence to starvation. The G-8 countries' interventions have distorted...                    

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Fuel Costs Cut Deeply Into Food Aid (U.S. News & World Report)

yahoo.com     Jul 7, 2008          

By Kent Garber Mon Jul 7, 5:02 PM ET The ability of the United States to supply food aid to foreign countries is being sharply affected by rising food and oil prices, new numbers show. In the past three to four months, as fuel...                    

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Find opportunity in Africa's food crisis

miamiherald.com     Jul 8, 2008          

Every time Americans buy groceries, we feel the crisis in food prices. But while inflation presents discomfort in the United States, it is causing dire hardship elsewhere. In many of the world's poorest communities, food prices...                    

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Food prices are on the G8's plate - roanoke.com

roanoke.com     Jul 8, 2008          

Americans are finding soaring fuel costs hard to swallow. In the world's poorest countries, people are facing starvation.Talk of food quite properly will be on the table during much of this week's Group of 8 economic summit...                    

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G-8 Leaders Blast Food-Export Bans

wsj.com     Jul 8, 2008          

Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations Tuesday urged food producing countries to scrap restrictions on food exports, saying such measures exacerbate the global food crisis and hinder the delivery of food aid to...                    

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To Fight Food Prices, S. Africa Urges Return to Farming

farminguk.com     Jul 8, 2008          

With the global food crisis forcing South Africa's poor to struggle to make ends meet, officials have put forward a novel solution: Resume the subsistence agriculture that used to be part of the area's heritage. A significant...                    

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EDITORIAL: Food prices are on the G8's plate

tmcnet.com     Jul 8, 2008          

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 8--Talk of food quite properly will be on the table during much of this week's Group of 8 economic summit meeting in Japan. Many of the world's poor are facing starvation in a man-made...                    

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China's president calls for more aid for global food crisis

earthtimes.org     Jul 9, 2008          

Toyako, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao called for more aid to address the world's food security Wednesday at the Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Toyako, Japan. President Hu also rejected the argument which blames...                    

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