A plan to alert consumers to ecofriendly products has ended with the closure of a government agency, writes Fiona Macleod.
Our inadvertent addiction to sugar has made us 19kg heavier than in the 1960s, writes Jacques Peretti
With the backing of the G8 and the private sector, smallholder farming will take Africa forward, writes Jane Karuku.
Sub-Saharan Africa posts economic growth rates higher than the worldwide average but has the planet’s greatest food security problems, the UN says.
At this week’s G8 summit, leaders have a great opportunity to take the lead in tackling poverty.
The issue of genetically modified foods has resurfaced, especially with the food shortages in Africa and many countries have embraced the idea.
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/ 11 October 2011
G20 ministers meeting this week must take action to stop speculation on commodity markets that is fuelling food prices and hunger, say economists.
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/ 13 September 2011
While policymakers hope small-scale farmers can drive Africa’s development, there are clear obstacles to greater productivity.
With the help of Abalimi Bezekhaya, Masikhanye Food Garden sells its produce to suburban Capetonians at a weekly market known as Harvest of Hope.
Pockets of food insecurity are plaguing areas in Southern Africa where floods or prolonged mid-season dry spells have reduced harvests.
Rich countries grabbing farmland in Africa to feed their growing populations can leave rural populations there without land or jobs.
Vietnam has been contracted to sell around 100 000 tonnes of 25% broken rice to several African nations in June so far, helping to keep prices stable.
Oxfam’s money transfer scheme in Malawi gives vulnerable citizens access to basic foodstuffs. The NGO’s <b>Nicole Johnston</b> visits the country.
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/ 4 February 2011
United Nations food agencies on Friday warned that record high prices for basic commodities are helping generate unrest around the world.
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/ 4 February 2011
Global food prices tracked by a UN agency hit their highest level on record in January, a problem set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the US.
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/ 3 February 2011
World food prices surged to an historic peak in January for the seventh consecutive month, according to the updated UN’s food-price index.
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/ 3 February 2011
World food prices hit a new record high in January after rising for a seventh consecutive month, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says.
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/ 10 January 2011
Fourteen were killed this weekend in the deadliest incidents yet in a wave of protests in Tunisia sparked by high food prices and unemployment.
Record high food prices are moving to the top of policymaker agendas, driven by fears it could stoke inflation, protectionism and unrest.
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/ 25 September 2010
Environmental disasters and speculative investors are to blame for volatile food commodities markets, says UN’s special adviser.
Agricultural union TAU-SA has expressed outrage at the state’s proposal for farmers to transfer 40% of their farming interests to black shareholders.
Farm ministers flook likely to focus on how to raise world food production, rather than take action to curb commodity speculation.
Severe food insecurity afflicts at least 40% of people in Southern Africa, and rural communities are especially vulnerable.
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/ 3 September 2008
There is no end in sight to global food shortages and multiple crises from climate change and energy and water scarcity will soon intensify.
Nosimilo Ndlovu reports on community efforts to deal with the food crisis from both a South African and Malawian point of view.
The rising cost of food is a time bomb that could result in uprisings, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday.