Josette Sheeran

Indefensible Biofuels

spectator.org     Jul 22, 2008   7 related          

By William Yeatman & Marlo Lewis Advocates claim that ethanol mandates and subsidies protect our planet, enhance U.S. security, and ease our pain at the pump. Moonshine is in your gas tank because the corn and ethanol lobbies...                

Global Food Supply Dwindling as Prices Skyrocket, Warns UN

newstarget.com     Jul 19, 2008   4 related          

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."Prices of...                

Sunflower Seeds Top List of Most Expensive Food

digg.com     Jul 13, 2008   120 related          

Joshua Zumbrun, Forbes.com In the chair's summary of the last G8 conference in Heiligendamm, Germany, there was no mention of food prices or agriculture. Since the G8 last assembled in June 2007, food prices have reached...                

The new four-letter words

thestar.com.my     Jul 13, 2008          

Mind Matters By RAJA ZARITH IDRIS I BLAME the bloggers! Imagine the effect of so many socio-political bloggers inciting already excitable citizens to huff and puff at the unfairness of life. However, it does seem strange, does...                

GLOBAL: Humanitarians cool on G8 summit response to food crisis

alertnet.org     Jul 11, 2008   5 related          

Source: IRIN When the leaders of the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, opened their meeting in Japan on 7 July, World Bank President Robert Zoellick urged them to "seize this opportunity" in the face of a...                

Lauding G-8 resolve to tackle food crisis, UN urges practical steps to help hungry

un.org     Jul 10, 2008   37 related          

Welcoming the commitment shown by the leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) leading industrialized nations at their summit in Japan to combat the global food crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for...                

UN agencies urge G8 Leaders to boost investment in agriculture to reduce global hunger

egovmonitor.com     Jul 9, 2008   4 related          

The United Nations agencies working to alleviate global hunger have called for decisive action by the Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized countries, currently meeting in Japan, to boost investment in agriculture to help...                

Africa: International - G8 Leaders Urged to Boost Investment in Agriculture

allafrica.com     Jul 8, 2008   26 related          

The United Nations agencies working to alleviate global hunger have called for decisive action by the Group of Eight (G8) most industrialised countries, currently meeting in Japan, to boost investment in agriculture to help...                

Fight Hunger And Deal a Blow to Corruption

allafrica.com     Jul 7, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 7 July 2008 Ng'ang'a Mbugua Nairobi It was Prof Anyang' Nyong'o who once said that it was possible to chew gum and walk at the same time. In some parts of Baringo, some families are now eating rats to survive....                

Global food crisis: biofuels have had a bigger impact than previously claimed

globalissues.org     Jul 6, 2008          

Countries and regions such as the US and EU have claimed the impact of biofuels on the food crisis has been minimal and that instead demand from countries such as India and China are amongst the prime factors. However, a World...                

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