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A worker checks the temperature of a passenger arriving into Hong Kong International Airport with an infrared thermometer on Feb. 7, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Hannah McKay)

Coronavirus disrupts China meat imports, food supplies

Swine fever has created pork shortage

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Tom Polansek February 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Coronavirus is disrupting meat shipments to China as the country faces a shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease, Tyson Foods Inc and U.S. agricultural groups said on Thursday. An outbreak of African swine fever, which infects only pigs, has decimated China’s herd, pushing Chinese pork prices to

Opinion

Do we really feed the world?

It’s a moral platitude that papers over a multitude of problems

By Alan Guebert November 1, 2016

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is using this harvest season to solidify its reputation as the biggest not-for-profit policy organization American farmers love to hate. The hatred took root in 1995 when EWG published — on something called the Internet — a 10-year, searchable database of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) payments to all American

Haroon Akram-Lodhi speaks about the causes of world hunger.  Photo: Shannon VanRaes

News

Population growth not the cause of world hunger: economist

By Shannon VanRaes November 27, 2013

For some the equation is simple — more people on the planet means more people go hungry. Not for Haroon Akram-Lodhi. The economist and Trent University professor who specializes in the political economy of agrarian change in developing capitalist countries, says equating a growing population with global hunger is not only incorrect, but creates a

Crops

China to speed up rural land reform, ensure food supply

February 12, 2013

Reuters / China will draw up policies aimed at speeding up the transfer of rural land as part of efforts to improve efficiency and promote large-scale commercial farming, the government said Jan. 31. The central government said in its “No. 1 document” for 2013, focusing on modernizing agriculture, it would grant more subsidies to large-scale

News

Food self-sufficiency no longer option for China, farm official says

February 12, 2013

Reuters — China’s pursuit of self-sufficiency in food output is no longer possible as soaring demand and rapid urbanization stoke appetites, a top government farm official said, in comments that appear to be the most direct yet to rule out achieving this aim. China’s soaring imports of agricultural products remain a sensitive topic for the

International news, News, Oilseeds

Indonesia passes new law aimed at food self-sufficiency

By Michael Taylor December 1, 2012

Reuters – Indonesia has drafted a food law to speed self-sufficiency efforts by creating a new “super body” that could lead to greater curbs on imports and exports of staples, hinder much-needed overseas investment and eventually push up prices. As Indonesia struggles to meet rising demand from an increasingly affluent population of 240 million, it

Cereals, Crops, News

Scientists are watching Ug99 closely

By Alister Doyle September 17, 2012

Wheat experts are stepping up monitoring of a crop disease first found in Africa in 1999 to minimize the spread of a deadly fungus that is also a threat in Asia, experts said Aug. 31. A “Rust-Tracker,” using data supplied by farmers and scientists, could now monitor the fungus in 27 developing nations across 42

News

UN-backed land use rules ready for final OK

March 23, 2012

milan / reuters / After three years of debate, the United Nations is issuing guidelines on responsible land use as part of an effort to regulate so-called land grabbing and boost food security. The guidelines include promoting equal rights for women in securing title to land, creating transparent record-keeping systems accessible to the rural poor,

News, Weather

Tracking microclimates could help feed the world

By Rinat Harash And ari Rabinovitch February 15, 2012

Scientists in Israel have developed a way of using satellite images to help farmers detect small-scale changes in climate and improve their harvests, a method that could bolster food supplies for an increasingly hungry world population. Rather than analyze the weather and topography of large swathes of land, the new system divides fields into smaller

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

World briefs, Feb. 2

February 15, 2012

Chinese premier favours modernization over grain imports beijing / reuters / China must push forward with modernizing agricultural technology as it faces increasing difficulty in meeting local food demand, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a recent essay. “The fundamental way out is to enhance the construction of modern agriculture to boost the complex agricultural productivity

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Daily Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives food supplies

Coronavirus disrupts China meat imports, food supplies

Do we really feed the world?

Population growth not the cause of world hunger: economist

China to speed up rural land reform, ensure food supply

Food self-sufficiency no longer option for China, farm official says

Indonesia passes new law aimed at food self-sufficiency

Scientists are watching Ug99 closely

UN-backed land use rules ready for final OK

Tracking microclimates could help feed the world

World briefs, Feb. 2

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