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Africa Alone Could Feed the World
World  (tags: africa, government, GoodNews, food, agriculture )

Cowboss
- 142 days ago - newscientist.com
DOOM-MONGERS have got it wrong - there is enough space in the world to produce the extra food needed to feed a growing population. And contrary to expectation, most of it can be grown in Africa, say two international reports published this week.
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The Locavore's Dilemma
World  (tags: locavore, food, agriculture, monsanto, farmland, china, brazil )

Marion
- 475 days ago - grist.org
China is buying farmland in Africa; Brazil is poised to become the world's food-export powerhouse; U.S.-based transnationals like Cargill and Monsanto are reaching their tentacles everywhere. In other words, food production is rapidly emerging as a key ge
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New Threat To World Food Supply - Will Wheat-Killer Fungus Be Used To Spread GMO Wheat? By F. William Engdahl
World  (tags: Agriculture, wheat, wheat-killer fungus, stem rust, Ug99, Africa, Pakistan, British New Scientist magazine, FAO, biofuel industry, world food supply, rise in cereal prices, USDA's Agricultural Research Service )

Alba
- 586 days ago - globalresearch.ca
Spread of deadly virus, stem rust, against which no effective fungicide exists, comes as world grain stocks reach lowest in 40 yrs & govt subsidized bio-ethanol production, esp in USA, Brazil & EU are taking land out of food production at alarming rates
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Global Food Crisis: Inflation Hits Hard
World  (tags: Global food crisis, food, starving people, world food demand, agriculture, farmers, agflation, biofuel production, dietary changes, diets, hungry children, hungry adults, feeding the world )

ON VACATI
- 596 days ago - reuters.com
A food crisis threatens the world sparked by soaring prices, rapid dietary changes in Asia and record biofuel production. Despite unprecedented levels of agricultural output, farmers are struggling to keep pace with massive global demand.
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Thousands of Kids to Give Chocolate Back Tonight, With a Message
World  (tags: Canada, United States, Activism, Culture, Human Rights, Trade, Corporations, Consumption, Youth, Poverty, Labor, Food, Agriculture, Children )

OneWorld
- 757 days ago - us.oneworld.net
Traditionally, it's the kids who receive sweets from the elders on Halloween, but that years-old ritual is getting a makeover this year in hundreds of communities across North America.
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Farmers 'Hopeful' Over Bluetongue
World  (tags: farming, environment, agriculture, Sustainabililty, animals, livestovk )


- 795 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The family running a Suffolk farm hit by the UK's first case of bluetongue disease say they are "hopeful" about their future. The insect-borne virus, which has killed livestock across Europe, was found in a Highland cow at the Baylham House Rare Breeds
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Trees and Crops Reclaim Desert in Niger
World  (tags: africa, agriculture, desert, farming )

Brian
- 1019 days ago - iht.com
In this dust-choked region, long seen as an increasingly barren wasteland decaying into desert, millions of trees are flourishing, thanks in part to poor farmers whose simple methods cost little or nothing at all.
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