Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent on imports.
Archive for the ‘Famines and Troubles’ Category
Fears grow over global food supply
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The next global crisis: Hungry millions, on the move
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Illustration: Cinders McLeod
Scarcities of water, land, oil and fish could lead to mass starvation in 50 years – or sooner. Why is the West refusing to swallow the facts?
Rogers: Food Shortage Coming as Farmers Struggle
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Legendary investor Jim Rogers remains bullish on commodities and says the world will soon face food shortages.
Food Stamps, and Nothing Else
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had no other cash income in 2007 and 2009. These numbers reflect not only the economic conditions in various states, but also the extent to which food stamp recipients qualify for other safety net programs, such as welfare or unemployment compensation.
World food aid at 20-year low, 1 billion hungry
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009LONDON – Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ever, the United Nations relief agency said Wednesday.
Report: Unusually low rainfall last winter left Kinneret, aquifers thirsty
Friday, July 31st, 2009Last winter Lake Kinneret only received about 56 percent of the water it receives in an average rainy season, the Water Authority said in a report released this week.
Bee colonies drop another 29 percent: ‘Something is going wrong,’ Florida beekeeper says
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Honeybee losses nationwide continue at a level that is economically unsustainable for commercial beekeeping, according to a 2008-09 survey released Tuesday.
Zimbabwe – gold for bread
Saturday, March 28th, 2009MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate
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SOMALIA: “Once the camels start dying, people are not far behind”
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009NAIROBI, 10 March 2009 (IRIN) – Hundreds of people are at risk in Somalia’s central region of Mudug, where a severe drought has caused an acute shortage of water, with local leaders appealing for urgent help.
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Calif. declares drought emergency, mulls rationing
Saturday, February 28th, 2009California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday declared a state emergency due to drought and said he would consider mandatory water rationing in the face of nearly $3 billion in economic losses from below-normal rainfall this year.
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