Global Food Crises
June 23rd, 2011 by Racquel Foran in General
On June 22 and 23 the agriculture ministers of the G20 are meeting in Paris to discuss ways to stabilize global food prices and address increased world hunger. This is the first time the agriculture ministers of the world’s 20 most powerful countries are meeting and it presents an opportunity for them to set policies a...
Tags: agriculture, Food, G20, hunger, Oxfam
October 6th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Food
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has just released a report stating that roughly 20% of the world’s 925 million undernourished people ...
Tags: agriculture, crises, FAO, Food and Agriculture, food insecurity, hunger, UN, undernourished
July 22nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Food
It’s hard to ignore over 1 billion people. So although I like natural foods, I realize the importance of ethical agricultural research in helping to...
Tags: agriculture, Australia, biodiversity, Crawford Fund, food security, hunger, research
January 20th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
The response to the crisis in Haiti has been an outpouring of warmth and support from people all around our world as our hearts go out to the people there. A...
Tags: CARE, CHF International, earthquake, Haiti, Humanitarian, hunger, Katrina, Migration, Partners in Health, Share Our Strength, United National Foundation
