An Indian farming family carry bundles of paddy from a rice field in the northeastern state of Tripura. India has had food price inflation of 17% in the last year. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Cost of meat, sugar, rice, wheat and maize soars as World Bank predicts five years of price volatility
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Drought in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer of coffee, sugar and oranges, is harming crops and drying the Amazon River to its lowest in 47 years.
Russia has already disrupted grain supplies by imposing an export ban until late 2011 Photo: Bloomberg News
The Moscow bank Uralsib said half of Russia’s potato crop has been lost Photo: Photolibrary.com
World food supplies are caught in a pincer as China becomes a net importer of corn for the first time in modern history and Russia’s drought inflicts even more damage than expected, raising the risk of a global grain shock in 2011.
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A farmer harvests wheat in August near Minsk in Belarus. Farmers now are planting their winter crop.
In Russia, Farmers Take to Fields as Supply Concerns Grow
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.
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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?
Legendary investor Jim Rogers remains bullish on commodities and says the world will soon face food shortages.
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.
LONDON – 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.
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