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11 Oct 2011
 
 
 
 
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 (October 2011)
FOOD SECURITY
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 highlights the differential impacts that the world food crisis of 2006-08 had on different countries, with the poorest being most affected. While some...
 
 
13 Sep 2011
 
 
 
Invest in agriculture to reduce poverty – World Bank
FOOD SECURITY
Mitigation and adaptation, political smartness and smart policy were crucial to developing Africa’s agricultural industry, the World Bank’s special envoy for climate change Andrew Steer said on...
 
 
06 Jul 2011
 
 
 
The Impact of Russia’s 2010 Grain Export Ban (July 2011)
FOOD
A key factor in global food price volatility is the way that states react to disruptions in supply. There is a strong inclination for exporters to impose export bans in reaction to potential food...
 
 
04 Jul 2011
 
 
 
Preparing For Thin Cows: Why the G20 Should Keep Buffer Stocks On the Agenda (June 2011)
FOOD PRICES
Following the dramatic food price increases in 2007–08, an estimated 150-million people joined the ranks of those who go hungry. Since then, almost nothing has been done to stabilise the market...
 
 
14 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Governance for a Resilient Food System (June 2011)
HUNGER
Today, the world produces enough to feed all seven billion of its inhabitants – but nearly a billion people still go without. This paper, by Oxfam International, is about why this global scandal...
 
 
06 Jan 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 6, 2011
PODCAST
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that some 67,8% of matrics passed last year's exams – up from 60,7% in 2009, World Bank President Robert Zoellick says that free markets rather...
 
 
10 Aug 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - August 10, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, SA braces for a major public sector workers strike; the World Bank urges countries to refrain from imposing policies that could trigger a new global food price crisis; and,...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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