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Investor Fund Seeks To Buy Farmland

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Aprivate sector agriculture fund worth $350 million plans to launch by the end of the year in the Gulf, with an aim to acquire farmland in Eastern Europe and Africa, an executive told Reuters Nov. 11. Gulf countries, mainly reliant on food imports, have increased efforts over the last year to buy or lease land
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Food Majors Triple Investment In Ending Hunger

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World majors in agriculture and food sectors have tripled their investments in boosting global food security but need to spend more to help eradicate hunger, participants at an international forum said Nov. 12. With the number of hungry people rising to a record 1.02 billion this year, up 100 million from 2008, the United Nations’
Cereals, Crops

FAO Raises 2009 Cereals Forecast Despite Rice Dip

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“…world cereal utilization in 2009-10 was expected to grow faster than earlier anticipated, in part due to weaker prices.” World cereal production this year is expected to be 2.234 billion tonnes, just two per cent below last year’s record crop and nearly 26 million tonnes higher than previously expected, the United Nations said Nov. 10.
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Not The Time To Neglect Agriculture

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The 34th North American European Union Agricultural Conference, a major forum for discussion on solutions to the world economic crisis affecting farmers, was hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture at Niagara Falls, Ontario this fall. This year, there were representatives from 73 farm organizations from 19 different countries. It is widely agreed that agricultural
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Guidelines Could Help Improve Farmland Deals

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A draft of the first-ever international code of conduct for farmland deals should be ready by the end of the year, the head of the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development said. The draft document will lead to more discussion about how to ensure deals benefit host nations, as well as those seeking to
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U. S. Eyes Flexibility In Allocating Food Aid

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The Obama administration wants more flexibility in how it allocates food aid dollars to complement its new strategy to help small farmers in poor countries boost their food production, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Oct. 16. Vilsack and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is leading the adminstration’s three-year, $3.5-billion global food security initiative, did
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Index Tracks Hunger Indicators

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The world has made little progress in reducing hunger since 1990, a new report said on Oct. 14, pointing to 29 countries with alarming levels of malnutrition, mainly in Africa and South Asia. Those countries also are most vulnerable to the impact of historically high food and energy prices, as well as economic recession –
Crops

Climate Change Cuts World Food Outlook

Global warming will cut into world grain yields and result in less food being available in the developing world in 2050, a think-tank said on Sept. 29, calling for aggressive action to boost food output. “Climate change increases child malnutrition and reduces calorie consumption dramatically,” said a report from the International Food Policy Research Institute,
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Global Food Security Plans Too Narrow

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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
Crops

World Food Output Must Rise

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The world will have to produce 70 per cent more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people and as incomes rise, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Sept. 23. Global cereals demand for food and animal feed is expected to rise to three billion tonnes by 2050 and more

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