North Korea has rejected an offer of further food aid from the US despite its chronic food shortages, the US state department said today. Pyongyang said it would turn away about 330,000 metric tonnes …
Somalia: Merka IDPs Virtually Out of Food
Three months after aid deliveries to the south Somali coastal town of Merka stopped, several thousand displaced people are facing a food and water crisis, sources said. (Full Story) …
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'Transport woes menace SA food security'
Poor road and rail transport networks in South Africa may threaten its food security, hampering the country's ability to import, process and distribute basic food stuffs, a newspaper said. South …
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UN warns of deepening food crisis
The global rise in food prices has pushed an estimated 40 million more people into hunger this year, the UN food agency says. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says there are now 963 million …
AU says food crisis could defeat Millennium Goals
Many African nations will not meet the United Nations' poverty reduction goals in the face of high food prices and global financial turmoil, the continent's top diplomat warned on Tuesday. In 2000, …
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UN Agency Warns Not to Forget Food Crisis
While much of the world's attention is being paid to the financial crisis, a UN agency is warning not to forget the ongoing food crisis. The Food and Agriculture Organization says the financial …
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Cuba looks at foods, energy
nder the theme "Foods and Energy in the 21st Century," the 11th edition of the International Conference on Food Sciences and Technology (CICTA-11) begins Tuesday. Parallel to this event, starting …
China's food safety watchdog boss steps down
The head of China's food safety watchdog resigned Monday in the wake of a scandal over tainted baby formula that sickened nearly 53,000 infants, state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency …
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Naval vessel to escort ships carrying relief food
A Canadian naval ship, Ville de Québec, will escort ships carrying relief food from the United Nations World Food Programme to Somalia until September 27. (Full Story) …
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China vows better food safety
China vowed on Sunday to improve its food safety supervision after more than 400 babies fell ill from drinking contaminated milk powder, as a New Zealand company said it knew about the problem weeks …