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Cargill Plant Seized By Venezuelan Government

By Deisy Buitrago March 26, 2009

“The measure only includes the rice plant.” – ELIAS JAUA, AGRICULTURE MINISTER Venezuela said March 5 it has no plans to take over any additional holdings of U. S. food giant Cargill after socialist President Hugo Chavez ordered the seizure of the rice plant, renewing his nationalization drive. Chavez’s clash with the food companies, demanding

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Argentine Farm Conflict Calmed But Not Over

By Fiona Ortiz March 12, 2009

Tensions between Argentina’s president and farmers who oppose her policies have been defused through deals on wheat prices and some exports, but the threat of market-disrupting strikes could easily reignite. Farm groups in agricultural powerhouse Argentina had threatened protests and aligned with opposition politicians against President Cristina Fernandez as they pushed for lower export levies

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Climate warming means food shortages: study

By Maggie Fox January 15, 2009

The warming climate is likely to put stress on crops and livestock alike and could cause serious food shortages for half the world’s population, U. S. researchers predicted Jan. 8. The worst effects will be in the regions where the poorest people already live – the tropics and subtropics, the researchers wrote in the journal

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Biofuel industry growing internationally

By Alex Binkley December 18, 2008

Despite the controversy over crop production for food versus fuel and the shock of the financial credit squeeze, the biofuel industry is recording steady growth in many countr ies, the Canadian Renewable Fuel Summit was told in early December. But it has a long way to go before it reaches the level of global petroleum

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Cuba reported ready to authorize GM corn crop

By Esteban Israel December 11, 2008

Cuba could soon authorize the planting of 124 acres of genetically-modified corn for the first time to help reduce its dependence on costly food imports, Cuban scientists said Dec. 2. Regulators are expected to approve this initial crop of biotech corn, which would provide enough seed to expand to 14,830 acres next year, said Carlos

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GM urgency eases

By Luke Pachymuthu November 20, 2008

The push to promote genetically modified (GM) wheat to combat global food shortages could slow as global commodity prices ease, a top industry executive said Nov. 16. “Now that prices have fallen off their peak, I don’t think it will be a priority,” said Vijay Iyengar, managing director of the Singapore-based grains trader Agrocorp International

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Cuba faces food shortages after hurricanes

By Jeff Franks October 16, 2008

Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves Oct. 1 as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became increasingly evident. Shortages were exacerbated in the Cuban capital when shipments from food suppliers slowed in a conflict with the government over newly imposed price

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Cargill Plant Seized By Venezuelan Government

Argentine Farm Conflict Calmed But Not Over

Climate warming means food shortages: study

Biofuel industry growing internationally

Cuba reported ready to authorize GM corn crop

GM urgency eases

Cuba faces food shortages after hurricanes

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