tagged w/ Food Crisis
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Food security fears sweep Asia as huge demand for rice outstrips supply.
With rice a dietary staple for billions of people, analysts are warning of potential social unrest if crop prices continue their relentless rise.
Darcy Lambton reports.Food security fears sweep Asia as huge demand for rice outstrips supply.
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The Peruvian government is hoping to fight soaring wheat prices with the locally grown potato crop.
The government is encouraging bakers to replace expensive wheat bread with potato bread. Peru imports more than 80 percent of the 1.5 million tons of wheat it consumes each year, and price rises last year forced the government to spend extra cash on food for school children, hospital patients and prisoners.
Pavithra George reports.
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We have long had potato bread here in Switzerland. It is delicious.The Peruvian government is hoping to fight soaring wheat prices with the locally grown... more
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The head of the World Bank warned that rising food costs could present an emergency for the world.
Speaking ahead of International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington, Zoellick called on rich industrial nations to immediately fill a $500 million funding gap at the UN World Food Program.
Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Speaker: World Bank President Robert ZoellickSOUNDBITE: Robert Zoellick, World Bank President
The head of the World Bank warned that rising food costs could present an emergency... more
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