Friday, August 31, 2012

Food Crops News 99

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 99 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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UN food agency says hunger worsens in Zimbabwe, less staple food crops set to ...
Washington Post
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations food agency says hunger is
worsening in Zimbabwe after erratic rains, shortages of seeds and
fertilizer and “poor agricultural practices” in the troubled economy
led to a reduction in fields planted with the main ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-food-agency-says-hunger-worsens-in-zimbabwe-less-staple-food-crops-set-to-be-harvested/2012/08/28/0ab6d260-f137-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html>
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G20 to wait for US crop report before food price action
Reuters
Officials decided to wait for USDA data-French farm min. * Leaders could
convene emergency meeting but tools limited. * No threat to world food
security - farm min statement. * USDA monthly report due on Sept. 12. *
French farm min calls for taxes to ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/france-grains-g-idUSL6E8JS51420120828>
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Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Food Supplies in Kenya
Voice of America
Paul Omanga is a crop production officer with the United Nations' Food and
Agriculture Organization. He says a study in July found that maize lethal
necrosis had affected more than sixty-four thousand hectares. Up to eighty
percent of the crop was ruined.
<http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/maize-disease-threatens-kenya/1497534.html>
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Rep. Blumenauer to Congress: Stop Subsidizing Junk Food
The Skanner
It covers food stamps as well as crop insurance, incentives to keep water
supplies clean, and research grants for food production. Oregon Rep. Kurt
Schrader, who serves on the House Agricultural Committee, says the Senate
already has passed a Farm Bill ...
<http://theskanner.com/article/Rep-Blumenauer-to-Congress-Stop-Subsidizing-Junk-Food-2012-08-28>
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G20 to wait for US crop report before food price action
MSN Money
PARIS (Reuters) - G20 nations taking stock of the third global food price
surge in four years will wait for September's crop report from the US
Department of Agriculture before deciding whether to take joint action on
the issue, France's farm minister ...
<http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20120828&id=15493505>
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Ethanol industry hits back over food price claims
EurActiv
Europe's biofuel producers are hitting back at claims that they are at
fault for this summer's high food prices and challenge assertions that
crops grown for fuel production are a threat to food supplies. Food prices
rose 6% overall last month, driven ...
<http://www.euractiv.com/general/ethanol-industry-hits-back-food-news-514466>
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How Much Food Do You Waste?
Consumer Freedom
Yet the report itself discusses several scenarios and tests that include
crop yield increases and increased food trade. Before you're scared into
becoming an herbivore, consider some of the advancements and challenges in
the food industry. Rather than ...
<http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012/08/how-much-food-do-you-waste/>
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Georgi Ralchev: There are spoiled crops of corn and sunflower, but the balance ...
Focus News
Georgi Ralchev, Head of a Unit in the Plant-Growing Directorate with the
Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in an interview for Radio
Focus' broadcast This is Bulgaria. Focus: The high temperatures and draught
caused severe harm to the crops ...
<http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=f2996>
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SA raises 2012 maize output forecast
Independent Online
In the agricultural heart of Argentina, one of the largest exporters of
food products, farmers are attending daily to the deterioration of their
crops due to lack of rain caused by the La Nina phenomenon. Farmers heavily
invested in their crops could ...
<http://www.iol.co.za/business/markets/commodities/sa-raises-2012-maize-output-forecast-1.1371395>
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Nanomaterials contaminating soil, food crops? - hiindia.us
Man-made nanomaterials (MNMs), used in popular cosmetic products such as
shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens, may also be contaminating the ...
<http://www.hiindia.us/articles/nanomaterials-contaminating-soil,-food-crops%3F>

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