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It is an honour to be here with you today and to share the very timely preoccupation of the Economist — and participants alike — about global food security. Will we be able to feed the world...
The international community will be facing higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets for some time, according to a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation...
Economic gains which debt forgiveness has brought Africa could be erased by soaring food and fuel prices, the African Development Bank's president warned on Friday as he announced its plans to...
The impact of higher food prices on the poor is a time-bomb that could lead to social uprising and there is very little governments can do to help, South Africa's ruling party leader Jacob...
Soaring food prices could trigger a global catastrophe, with the world's poor unable to feed their families, human rights activists said on Monday.
The warning came as world leaders arrived...
Budget Vote Speech Votes 23 and 27 for Departments of Agriculture and Land Affairs by Ms Lulu Xingwana (MP) Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs National Assembly, Cape Town