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Financial Meltdown Worsens Food Crisis

SHANGHAI -- As shock waves from the credit crisis began to spread around the world last month, China scrambled to protect itself. Among the most extreme measures it took was to impose new export taxes to keep critical supplies such as grains and fertilizer from leaving the country.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-25-2008
The Food Chain: Darfur Withers as Sudan Sells a Food Bonanza

Sudan is capitalizing on high global food prices at a time when millions of people in its Darfur region barely have enough to eat.

Posted to partners.userland.com (Weblog) by partners.userland.com on 08-09-2008
The Food Chain: Darfur Withers as Sudan Sells a Food Bonanza

Sudan is capitalizing on high global food prices at a time when millions of people in its Darfur region barely have enough to eat.

Posted to nytimes.com (Weblog) by nytimes.com on 08-09-2008
Try the African Cookbook

The African Cookbook is a compilation of recipes from 9 countries in Africa, Ethiopia , Kenya , Liberia , Madagascar , Morocco , Mozambique , Senegal , Sudan and Tanzania & Zanzibar . As well as a handful of recipes each section has short chapters on how food is served in each country. For more recipes...

Posted to xml.metafilter.com (Weblog) by xml.metafilter.com on 07-09-2008
Bush Seeks $770 Million More in World Food Aid

President Bush asked Congress yesterday to approve $770 million in new global food aid for the coming fiscal year, the centerpiece of an evolving administration response to a crisis that has sparked increased violence and hunger around the world.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 05-01-2008
U.N. Task Force To Address Rising World Food Crisis

BERN, Switzerland, April 29 -- The United Nations will establish a top-level task force to address food shortages and escalating prices that threaten to touch off a "cascade of related crises" around the world, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-29-2008
U.S. Scrambles to Address International Food Crisis

The Bush administration and Congress have been caught flat-footed by rapidly escalating global food prices and are scrambling to respond to a crisis that they increasingly view as a threat to U.S. national security, according to government officials, congressional staffers and human rights experts.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-25-2008
Food Crisis Is Depicted As 'Silent Tsunami'

LONDON, April 22 -- More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a "silent tsunami" of sharply rising food prices, which have sparked riots around the world and threaten U.N.-backed feeding programs for 20 million children, the top U.N. food official said Tuesday.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-22-2008
World Bank Chief Calls for Immediate Action on Deepening Global Food Crisis

The president of the World Bank yesterday urged immediate action to deal with sharply rising food prices, which have caused hunger and violence in several countries.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-13-2008

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