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Chronic Food Deficit In N. Korea — UN

March 17, 2011

Impoverished North Korea faces a chronic food shortage following a harsh winter which has affected its harvest, a United Nations official said March 11. Years of mismanaged farm policy and natural disasters in the 1990s resulted in famine that some estimates said killed as many as a million people. “We know that they have had

Crops

Libya Turmoil Could Hurt Regional Food Security — UN

By Catherine Hornby March 17, 2011

The United Nations expressed serious concern March 11 about the impact of the Libyan uprising on food security across North Africa because of the region’s dependency on cereal imports. “The ongoing crisis will likely have a significant impact on food security in Libya and in nearby crisis-affected areas,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said

News

FAO Report Issues Warning

March 17, 2011

Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said. High and volatile food prices are a growing global concern, partly fuelling the protests that toppled the rulers of Tunisia and Egypt this year.

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GMO Crops Planted In 29 Countries In 2010

March 10, 2011

Global plantings of biotech crops increased 10 per cent last year, continuing steady growth over the past decade that has been spurred by concerns about feeding a growing world population, according to an industry analysis. While the United States remains the largest user of genetically modified seeds, Brazil posted the biggest growth, with plantings rising

News, Oilseeds

Indonesia Links Good Data To Food Security

March 10, 2011

Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry and statistics agency have signed an agreement aimed at releasing more agriculture data, to help food-security planning in the world’s fourth-most-populous nation. Like many emerging markets, Indonesia is battling booming global food prices, and has been forced to import various foods as it grapples with inflation. Analysts also say a lack of

Crops

Britain Threatens To Withdraw From FAO

By Adrian Croft March 3, 2011

Britain said Feb. 26 it could leave one of the United Nations’ agencies fighting hunger unless it improves its “patchy” performance. The threat to pull out of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) follows a review of British overseas aid ordered by the nine-month- old coalition government, which administers one of the world’s biggest aid

Livestock

Outlook Improving, But Problems Remain, Politicos Tell CFA

By Alex Binkley March 3, 2011

The next few years appear positive for farmers with both crop and livestock prices on the rise, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Farmers have rebounded from the BSE crisis in the beef industry, influenza outbreaks in the poultry sector, widespread bankruptcies among pork farmers and depressed grain prices, he told the annual meeting of the

Cereals, News

Argentina Dissolves Agricultural Export Regulator

By Jonathan Saul March 3, 2011

Argentina has dissolved the agricultural trade agency ONCCA responsible for the country’s corn and wheat export limits, and the government said it will still seek to guarantee domestic supply of grains. It was unclear what the move would mean for Argentina’s heavily regulated export policies, which have angered farmers for years. President Cristina Fernandez’s government

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In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face

Opinion

Hold The Thin Green Line

February 24, 2011

The following is an excerpt of an opinion piece prepared by former U.S. army general Wesley Clark for theKansasCityStar. A former presidential candidate, Rhodes scholar and graduate of West Point Military Academy, General Clark now serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy. When the United States rationed food during the Second World War so citizens and

Daily Network News

‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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