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Hungry Farmers Urge Local Control over Food

06/13/2008 As food prices and hunger continue to rise worldwide, small farmers in Brazil, Guatemala, and Mexico are suggesting solutions quite different than the free trade policies endorsed at a recent UN food summit in Rome.

Out of the Ashes, a Green Village Rises

06/11/2008 After 10 years of civil war in Congo, a small village -- built using local practices, materials, and clean energy -- has become a global model for sustainable community development.
From: Working Villages International

Perspectives: Climate Change

Topic Guide: Environmental Activism

Small Farmers 'Underserved' by Rome Summit

06/06/2008 As the UN summit on the global hunger crisis comes to a close today, advocacy groups are demanding greater attention be afforded small-scale and women farmers.

Image: A North Korean farmer. © Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy

Food Scarcity 'Creating New World Order'

06/05/2008 BEIJING, Jun 4 (IPS) - Unprecedented food scarcity is beginning to dictate the rules of a new political order where individual countries are scrambling to secure their own food supplies with little concern for the rest of the world, says the founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

A New Deal for Poor Farmers

06/04/2008 Government-run agricultural banks could be the key to combating the global food crisis by giving poor farmers access to high-yield seeds, fertilizers, and small-scale irrigation to increase crop yields, writes development expert Jeffrey Sachs.
From: Project Syndicate

Image: Kenyan farmers. © International Development Research Centre

Topic Guide: Food Security

The Himalayas' Chronic Food Crisis

06/04/2008 Nepalese villagers return to their homes after a decade of war only to battle the familiar enemies of hunger and malnutrition.

Country Guide: Nepal

Topic Guide: Food Security

Food Summit 'Follow Through' Urged

06/04/2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 3 (OneWorld) - As world leaders meet in Rome to discuss the current global food crisis, calls are growing for immediate and practical actions to address the plight of millions of poor facing hunger and starvation across the world.

India to argue against biofuels at food summit

06/03/2008 World leaders will seek solutions to the current crisis at the world food security conference starting June 3 in Rome. India will call attention to faulty policies and diversion of agricultural land for biofuels as its main causes, and not because Indians and Chinese are eating more.

Florida Field Workers Secure Raise from Burger King

06/02/2008 Burger King agreed last week to raise the wages of Florida tomato farmers following a near year of campaigning by the the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
From: Oxfam America

Perspectives Magazine: Farm to Table

Cyclone-hit Myanmar struggles to grow rice

06/02/2008 Farmers in Myanmar�s cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta are racing against the clock to grow rice as paddy fields remain flooded with salt water and with no livestock to plough. Once called �the rice bowl of Asia�, the region relies heavily on its June harvest to meet its domestic and export needs.