Josette Sheeran

                   

Why the sudden food crisis?

citizen-times.com     Jun 30, 2008          

Dennis Keeney • published June 30, 2008 12:15 am The world has witnessed with concern the sudden increase in food prices and decrease in availability of food staples, especially in low-income, food-short countries. Some place...                    

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Hungry for answers

thestar.com     Jun 28, 2008   24 related          

A single grain of rice symbolizes the breakdown of the global food system. The next minute, angry food riots were breaking out in dozens of countries around the world, the scenes barely credible in the 21st century. Josette...                    

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WFP director to visit Egypt

menafn.com     Jun 27, 2008   2 related          

The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), Josette Sheeran, will travel to Egypt from June 29 to July 2 to take part in the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh. Sheeran will make a...                    

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A Trojan horse called ethanol

expressindia.com     Jun 24, 2008   53 related          

Are biofuels aggravating the food crisis? [Over the past year] the average price of corn has increased by some 60 per cent, soybeans by 76 per cent, wheat by 54 per cent, and rice by 104 per cent... These price increases are...                    

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Solutions to the Global Food Crisis

newstarget.com     Jun 20, 2008   35 related          

Today we actually have several converging crisis and the news sounds bad but have you noticed how they manage to package everything in the media? Things are worsening on almost every front yet they manage to put a good face on...                    

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On the Front Lines of Hunger

time.com     Jun 20, 2008   3 related          

A look at the U.N. World Food Program's efforts to feed the people of Uganda. Here in Karamoja, in Uganda's semi-arid northeast corner, food distribution is now a daily ritual. But if prices stay high — and agriculture experts...                    

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WFP Launches 4-year Plan For Global Food Crisis

buzzflash.net     Jun 16, 2008   2 related          

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a new four-year strategic plan to tackle soaring levels of hunger caused by the global food crisis. "This strategic plan marks a revolution in food aid that supports...                    

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WFP Announces 4 Year Plan To Battle Global Food Crisis

digitaljournal.com     Jun 15, 2008   151 related          

Posted 13 min ago by Bob Ewing in World | 10 views The Executive Board of WFP has approved a new four-year strategic plan that will be critical to addressing soaring hunger needs due to the global food crisis. The World Food...                    

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UN's plan to mitigate Africa' s food crisis

people.com.cn     Jun 15, 2008   9 related          

Watching images of Pokot tribesmen of Kenya eating roasted rats in a bid to avoid starvation, one is left wondering where the east African nation is headed. Also images of rioters in Egypt, Senegal, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and...                    

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Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, May 2008

reliefweb.int     Jun 15, 2008          

Highlights On 23 May, Saudi Arabia announced an extraordinary US$500 million donation to WFP, enabling the UN agency to meet its call for US$755 million to compensate for the increased costs of food and fuel. WFP’s Executive...                    

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