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Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

(Sept. 1) -- Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique. Today...

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U.N. Food And Agriculture Organization Warns 25 Percent Of Land Highly Degraded

As governments gather in Durban for the annual UN climate change conference, climate change is worryingly low down the international agenda.

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Food Insecurity Here To Stay, Says UN

Prices for rice, wheat and other key foods are expected to remain volatile and possibly increase â and poor farmers and consumers particularly in Africa will be hurt most, the U.N. food agencies said Monday.

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Climate Revolutions

When tomorrow's historians assess the origins of the Arab Spring Revolution, a number of plausible causes will present themselves.

Background on un food and agriculture organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (Italian: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

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