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Without proper policy response, high food prices could reverse agricultural growth in transition...

                   
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02-Jul-2008
        
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FAO Director-General opens Regional Conference for Europe 26 June 2008, Innsbruck, Austria -- Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today at the opening of the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Europe. Moreover, government response to higher prices has not always been supportive of the farm investment needed to raise production and productivity, favouring instead measures such as export restrictions, which have resulted in cancelled export contracts and lower prices received by farmers, he noted. Positive trends “As in most parts of the world affected by food insecurity, hunger in Europe and Central Asia derives from rural poverty and from natural and... [read full story]                    

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Another 50 mn face hunger: UN

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04-Jul-2008
        

He noted that the current crisis was triggered by a confluence of factors including increased use of biofuels, surging demand for agri products due to population and economic growth in emerging markets and inadequate supply of...

                   

`Another 50mn face hunger due to rising prices`!

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04-Jul-2008
        

New York, July 04: An additional 50 million people across the world face hunger as a result of soaring food prices, the united nations has said, calling for stepped up global cooperation to boost food security in poor nations....

                   

Mariann Fischer Boel Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural...

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04-Jul-2008
        

Conference: "Who will feed the World?" Brussels, 3 July 2008 Introductory session (1st intervention): [Appropriate address], First of all, I must say: What an impressive crowd we have here today! Even if debates in the...

                   

'Another 50 mn face hunger due to rising food prices'

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04-Jul-2008
        

An additional 50 million people across the world face hunger as a result of soaring food prices, the United Nations has said, calling for stepped up global cooperation to boost food security in poor nations. "Donor countries,...

                   

Another 50 million face hunger due to rising food prices: UN

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04-Jul-2008
        

An additional 50 million people across the world face hunger as a result of soaring food prices, the United Nations has said, calling for stepped up global cooperation to boost food security in poor nations. "Donor countries,...

                   

High food prices led to 50 million more hungry people in 2007, UN says

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04-Jul-2008
        

Soaring food prices have pushed 50 million more people to go hungry, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, calling for stepped-up global cooperation to boost food security in poor...

                   

FAO: High food prices add 50 mln people to hunger

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03-Jul-2008
        

BRUSSELS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007 as a result of high food prices, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) head Jacques Diouf said here Thursday. "Poor countries are...

                   

About 50 million more hungry people in 2007

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03-Jul-2008
        

3 July 2008 - The number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007 as a result of high food prices, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said addressing a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. Poor...