How the G-20 Can Prevent a Food Crisis - By Bruno Le Maire | Foreign Policy

How the G-20 Can Prevent a Food Crisis - By Bruno Le Maire | Foreign Policy: "In 2008, the explosion in the price of commodities prompted hunger riots in several African countries. Preoccupied by the financial crisis, we didn't do anything to prevent such a situation from happening again. Two years of plentiful harvests in 2008 and 2009 were enough to conceal the problem. Today, however, the situation has once again become a cause for concern"

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Holistic approach needed to curb food insecurity, poverty

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Holistic approach needed to curb food insecurity, poverty: "There is a dire need to adopt a holistic approach while taking on the looming threats of food insecurity, poverty, and militancy in order to guarantee human security, it was stressed at a consultative meeting with civil society on relationship between food insecurity, poverty, and Conflict, organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Monday."

High food prices are pushing millions into poverty. - swissinfo

High food prices are pushing millions into poverty. - swissinfo

The impact of oil prices on food and farming was one of the factors covered by both the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at media conferences in Geneva this week.

As states attempt to address the recent food price spikes, Special Rapporteur Olivier de Schutter, called for a radical long-term shift to ecological agriculture to reduce farmers’ dependence on oil.

Small-scale farms could abate world hunger

AFP: Small-scale farms could abate world hunger: UN

Small-scale "eco-farming" could double food production in many of the world's poorest regions and also help fight climate change, according to a United Nations report unveiled Tuesday. The spectre of world hunger looms ever larger as the global population continues to balloon, especially in the least developed nations. Today more than a billion of the planet's nearly seven billion people live at the edge of subsistence on less than a dollar per day. Food prices have flared in recent years due to climate-related natural disasters, with the cost of several staple foods reaching unprecedented levels last month, according to the UN's food price index. By mid-century, when the global population is expected to surpass nine billion, food shortages will become even more critical as will the need for additional output.

Why world food prices may keep climbing | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Why world food prices may keep climbing | Environment | guardian.co.uk

n February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already a source of spreading hunger and political unrest, and it appears likely that they will climb further in the months ahead.

Robyn Griggs Lawrence: Food Prices May Soar to Crisis Levels

Robyn Griggs Lawrence: Food Prices May Soar to Crisis Levels

Record-high food prices have already caused hunger and political unrest across the globe, and several trends indicate that the world is headed toward a food security crisis, Earth Policy Institute president and World on the Edge author Lester Brown said in a teleconference today.

Robyn Griggs Lawrence: Food Prices May Soar to Crisis Levels

Robyn Griggs Lawrence: Food Prices May Soar to Crisis Levels

Record-high food prices have already caused hunger and political unrest across the globe, and several trends indicate that the world is headed toward a food security crisis, Earth Policy Institute president and World on the Edge author Lester Brown said in a teleconference today.