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Food for thought: What Malthus said

Even as Brazil and Australia produce more food than they did when Thomas Robert Malthus was around, it is not going to be enough to feed a world that grows in the number of its inhabitants and grows hungrier still. This post talks about how there should be an inherent […]

September 21, 2012

Africa urged to step up its food production

More than 300 million people in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) are at risk of starvation by 2050 if food production is not significantly scaled up soon. According to experts attending a workshop in Nairobi, this could be prevented, should the correct policies be framed and adopted. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

The ethics of food speculation

While trading on food commodities is different from gambling on a fundamental level, it is not necessarily free of evil. It has in the past led to upward motion of food prices, both in the developing as well as developed nations. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

Bangladesh: Discriminatory family laws make women poor and food insecure

Bangladesh, which has a number of laws and regulations to control female food insecurity and poverty, has so far neglected its discriminatory family laws, according to this post. Bangladeshi family laws regarding marriage and divorce by design expose more women and their children to homelessness, hunger and poverty. Read more […]

September 21, 2012

West Africa: Close to losing crops to floods

While a good amount of rainfall was being expected to encourage the rice production in the area, severe rainfalls bordering on floods stand to destroy 80,000 tonnes of rice. Food aid funds have already rolled in from the EU. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

South Africa: Limpopo most food secure province

In South Africa, the Limpopo province has emerged as the most food secure in the country, providing more than 86 per cent of its people enough to eat. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

Help for the poor food importing countries

High cereal prices are responsible for high import bills for countries. However, this goes for the poor countries which do not have enough productivity to feed themselves as well. Based on a new study there are now calls on the WTP (World Trade Organization) to exempt poor countries from the […]

September 21, 2012

Burkina Faso: Low cost steps to ensure food security

Recent rains have turned drylands of Burkina Faso in green pastures. However, rain is not always as predictable and beneficial as this year, and there is a movement to encourage the farmers to adopt low-cost techniques to boost output even in the times of low rains, to ensure food security. […]

September 21, 2012

Net Food-Importing Developing Countries – Who They Are, and Policy Options for Global Price Volatility

This report discusses how high and volatile food prices for the poor in developing countries present challenges as most of this food is actually imported due to low production capacities in-house. Read more here and read the report here.