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Feeding the Future - News in RSSMore than 800 million people suffer hunger today. A crucial part of this complex problem is food production and distribution. Is it possible to increase food production in an environmentally and socially sustainable way? Can modernisation, research and investment enhance food security? Is there anything to learn from traditional knowledge? How do trade and energy policies affect the equation? And gender? Where and when is food aid really needed? Can the upswing of commodity prices be positive for some countries? How are farmers coping with climate change? IPS finds the stories behind the current food crisis to understand local and global causes of shortages and rising prices, and their long term effects.


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TRADE-EAST AFRICA: Going Bananas to Fight Poverty and Hunger
By Busani Bafana
MOMBASA - Arguably one of the world’s most popular fruits, bananas are poorly marketed as a value-added commercial crop in Africa. But that is about to change as a plan is being conceptualised to transform the way Africa produces and sells bananas.
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ECONOMY-US: Shelters and Soup Kitchens Hold Crisis Front Lines
By Heike Barkawitz
NEW YORK - Wall Street may be in the throes of agony, but business is booming at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen a bit farther north in the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea.
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CARIBBEAN: Agriculture Literally Losing Ground
By Peter Richards
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincents - Natasha Neus of Suriname says it is crystal clear what Caribbean governments need to do to bring the region's food crisis under control.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A High-Tech Garden of Eden
By Elizabeth Eames Roebling
CONSTANZA - Traffic crews on the switchback road signal drivers down to one lane as workers spray concrete on the mountain barrier to prevent landslides. The posted speed limit on the road to the 1,300-metre-high valley of Constanza, three hours north of the capital of Santo Domingo, often drops to 20 km an hour as the road winds along the high mountain ridges.
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DEVELOPMENT: Is a Food Bank Answer to the Crisis?
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - Bangladesh, one of the world's 49 least developed countries (LDCs) described as the poorest of the poor, is calling for the creation of a global food bank.
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POLITICS-ZIMBABWE: Jury Still Out On Power Sharing
By Tonderai Kwidini
HARARE - One would have thought the signing of the power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe would mean it was safe for 25 Movement Democratic Change supporters to gather in celebration at a shopping centre in Buhera.
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EL SALVADOR: Increase in Poverty Driven by Soaring Food Prices
By Raúl Gutiérrez
SAN SALVADOR - In the village of Talchiga in northeastern El Salvador, 20 families live in wooden shacks with earth floors, have no piped water, electricity or sewer services, and suffer from high levels of malnutrition.
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DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps
By Lansana Fofana
FREETOWN - Each morning, Mariama Kamara and her two teenaged sons walk to Freetown’s main rubbish dump. Their mission: to dig through the mounds of garbage in search of scrap metal.
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AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: GM Sorghum Test Approved
By Busani Bafana
JOHANNESBURG - As Africa grapples with the question of food insecurity, biotechnology buffs seem to have an answer: genetically modified crops that could feed a continent vulnerable to famine and food deficits. But environmentalists warn of new dangers.
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ARGENTINA: Guardians of the River
By Marcela Valente
PUERTO RECONQUISTA, Argentina - "There is no water…there are no fish," says Olga Ledesma, her skin weathered from 40 years of small-scale fishing, as the boat slowly winds its way along a branch of the Paraná river, South America’s second-longest river.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Dreams of Being a Regional Breadbasket
By Elizabeth Roebling
SANTO DOMINGO - On the second day of a conference here on agricultural development, Dr. Rene Villarreal awakened hundreds of technicians and farmers from a siesta, leaving the dais and walking from table to table, using a remote microphone.
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ECONOMY-CUBA: Speculate No More
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - The Cuban government is seeking to curb excessive food prices in farmers’ markets by cracking down on speculation and theft, which will benefit consumers but may discourage producers, according to economists.
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NIGERIA: Ramadan Marred By High Food Prices
By Salma Ahmad
KANO - As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close, residents of the northern Nigerian city of Kano have endured double pain: already high food prices have been driven through the roof.
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DEVELOPMENT: Food Security Hostage to Climate Trends
By Heike Barkawitz
UNITED NATIONS - More than 50 African leaders meeting at the United Nations this week focused on strategies to overcome a myriad of interrelated problems -- food shortages, droughts, HIV/AIDS, an energy crisis, climate change and military conflicts -- on the troubled continent.
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DEVELOPMENT: Poverty Hearings Show People Behind the Numbers
By Mirela Xanthaki
UNITED NATIONS - Benjamine Agbodjan Ablavi of Togo says she scraped together the money to pay her own school fees by selling fruit.
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DEVELOPMENT: Home Stretch for MDGs Looks Bumpier Than Ever
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - At a time when the world's cash-strapped developing nations, particularly in Africa, have admitted their inability to meet most of the U.N.'s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), one Latin American country stands apart -- confident it could even beat the deadline set by the United Nations.
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DEVELOPMENT: Matching Struggling Farmers with the World's Hungry
By Wolfgang Kerler
UNITED NATIONS - In a significant policy shift, the Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP) announced Wednesday that it will start buying food directly from local farmers' associations in developing countries.
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AFGHANISTAN: Severe Hunger Can Help Taliban
By Anand Gopal
KABUL - If 11-year old Zayainullah doesn't bring home enough money today, he says he will get beaten. "We don't have food and my aunt threatened me, saying I have to bring back enough money to buy bread," he says.
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