World Food Supply Is Shrinking, U.N. Agency Warns
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The United Nationsâ top food and agriculture official said Monday that the world food supply is dwindling and that food prices are soaring to historic levels.
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Some 18,000 children die every day because of hunger and malnutrition and 850 million people go to bed every night with empty stomachs, a "terrible indictment of the world in 2007," the head of the U.N. food agency said.
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The United Nations' world food body outlined steps on Monday meant to help the world's poorest nations combat soaring food prices, including a new voucher program for farmers and a review of food-guzzling biofuels.
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The international community must respond more quickly to climate change, species extinction, dwindling supplies of fresh water and other threats to the planet, the U.N. Environment Program warned Thursday.
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NEW DELHI: With thousands of bodies rotting and infrastructure in tatters, authorities and medical relief workers fear an epidemic and severe shortage of food supplies along south Indian coastline and in Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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ROME -- The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations estimated at more than 800 million people and rising, according to a UN report yesterday.
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Climate change threatens to undo the world's attempts to eradicate poverty, a coalition of aid agencies warn.
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People will need to eat more vegetables and less meat because of dwindling water supplies, scientists say.
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Jerusalem - The World Bank called on Israel to sharply reduce army closures which have decimated Palestinian trade and employment, painting a bleak picture of the economy of the occupied territories.
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Dramatic rises in international food prices are threatening millions of people in poor countries, the UN warns.
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A fifth year of powerful economic growth in East Asia and the Pacific has driven the number of people living in poverty in the region to its lowest level ever, but the World Bank warned yesterday that oil prices could dampen the boom next year.
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The head of the United Nations food agency on Thursday asked South Korea to donate more food to ease shorages in its impoverished northern neighbor.
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More than 12 million families last year, about the same as in 2002, either didn't have enough food or worried about being able to feed everyone, the government reported Friday.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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The World Bank called on Israel to sharply reduce army closures which have decimated Palestinian trade and employment, painting a bleak picture of the economy of the occupied territories.
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26 November 2004 - The United Nations emergency feeding agency said today that the security situation in western Sudanâs Darfur region was deteriorating rapidly with 300,000 displaced people cut off from all aid following a rebel attack earlier this
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Changes in North Korea's economy have led to spiralling food prices many people cannot afford, the UN says.