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Productivity, Sustainability Are Both Needed

October 22, 2009

Some voices are instantly hostile to any emphasis on productivity. They act as if there is no emergency – even though in the poorest, hungriest places on earth, population is growing faster than productivity, and the climate is changing. (The following is an excerpt from a speech by Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft

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Global Food Security Plans Too Narrow

By Roberta Rampton October 8, 2009

Global plans to reduce hunger by boosting food production are too narrowly focused on farming without considering how to slow population growth or halt climate change, longtime environmental analyst Lester Brown said Sept. 29. The Obama administration and leaders of other wealthy nations have promised to spend more money and coordinate efforts to reduce the

Opinion

Starvation In An Age Of Plenty

By Ron Friesen September 24, 2009

Other countries’ domestic and foreign policies are often at the root of food disasters What is it about Africa? With its tropical climate and rich soil, it should be able to feed its teeming millions many times over. Yet too often Africa becomes a metaphor for famine and hunger. In 1984-85 a horrified world responded

Opinion

G8 Promises A $20-Billion Chance To Beat Odds On Hunger

By Roberta Rampton August 6, 2009

Last week’s promise by the world’s wealthiest nations to spend $20 billion on impoverished farmers represents a chance to tackle chronic hunger, but leaders face daunting odds to make the pledge count. The back-to-basics three-year commitment by G8 governments to aid small farmers in Africa and parts of Asia – sparked in part by riots

Opinion

Paul Beingessner — A Love Of Farming And Concern For Others

By Paul Beingessner July 2, 2009

It is with the deepest regret that we must pass on the news that columnist Paul Beingessner died last Thursday in an accident while repairing a haybine on his farm near Truax, Saskatchewan. Paul brought a unique combination to his readers – a love of farming, an analytical mind and a gift for writing. It

Livestock

International Trade Helps Solve Food Crisis

By Jonathan Lynn May 14, 2009

International trade is part of the solution to the global food crisis and not one of its causes, the head of the World Trade Organization says. Global integration represented by trade enabled food to be transported from where it could be produced efficiently to where there was demand, said WTO Director General Pascal Lamy. Geography

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PAMI Eyes National SCC Accreditation

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 23, 2009

The agency that tests and helps develop Prairie manufacturers’ new equipment plans to open up greater market access for its clients by getting its Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accreditation. The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), which operates at Humboldt, Sask. and at Portage la Prairie, has picked up a joint federal/provincial investment of $65,000

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Humanitarian addresses AMM convention

By Lorraine Stevenson December 4, 2008

“I have come to far more fully to understand and have respect for the tremendous power at the community level.” – STEPHEN LEWIS, CO-DIRECTOR, AIDS-FREE WORLD Canada’s former ambassador has made an impassioned plea to municipal leaders, urging them to support international efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. Stephen Lewis was a guest

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UN food lines will grow

By Megan Rowling November 6, 2008

The UN food agency expects to feed around a third more hungry people next year, as the global financial crisis adds to the pressure of high food prices on poor nations, a top official said Oct. 15. Sheila Sisulu, deputy executive director at the UN World Food Program (WFP), said an increase of around 30

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World Bank sees tougher times in developing nations

By Lesley Wroughton October 16, 2008

“What we’re now moving into is the phase where one has to look more broadly at the danger of developing country growth and there it depends on policies they take and the support we and others can give them.” With world attention trained on resolving a financial crisis in western economies, World Bank president Robert

Daily Network News

U.S. researchers bet on hybrid, GMO seeds to make wheat profitable again

Hormuz-driven fertilizer shortage could raise grain prices, Goldman Sachs says

Prairie forecast: Arctic air keeps spring warming at bay

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Global Food Security Plans Too Narrow

Starvation In An Age Of Plenty

G8 Promises A $20-Billion Chance To Beat Odds On Hunger

Paul Beingessner — A Love Of Farming And Concern For Others

International Trade Helps Solve Food Crisis

PAMI Eyes National SCC Accreditation

Humanitarian addresses AMM convention

UN food lines will grow

World Bank sees tougher times in developing nations

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