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Global Food Crisis - Page 3

Yes the shipment of food products is the hardest to ship due to the fact it is a perishable good. Then you have to take in the countries import laws that tell you what can be shipped in to an individual or a company. Plus the fact is that countrys government a corrupt one or not? Sometimes I figure I should just get my passport again.

Crisis Food Global

If you think rice is expensive now you may wish to stock up before it goes even higher. Check the latest news about rice production in India: Source 6

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Report: Global Food Security and Sovereignty Threatened by Corporate and Government "Land Grabs" in Poor Countries

Since the food crisis of 2008, food justice activists have warned that governments in concert with multinational corporations have accelerated a worldwide "land grab" to buy up vast swaths of arable land in poor countries. According to The Economist magazine, between 37 to 49 million acres of farmland were put up for sale in deals involving foreign nationals between 2006 and mid-2009. Ref. Source 8

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Raj Patel: Mozambique's Food Riots Are the True Face of Global Warming

Thirteen people died and hundreds were wounded last week in the African nation of Mozambique when police cracked down on a three-day protest over a 30 percent hike in the price of bread. The UN says the riots in Mozambique should be a wake-up call for governments that have ignored food security problems since the global food crisis of 2008, when countries around the world saw angry protests in the streets over the rising prices of basic food items. We speak with author and activist Raj Patel. Ref. Source 4

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Farmers' apocalypse: the globalisation of food supply:

Last week the US-based Monsanto secured a 20 per cent minority interest in Western Australia's InterGrain and launched an advocacy and "education" campaign to promote the benefits of genetic modification to consumers. Ref. Source 7

Global Food Crisis

The Right to Food: Corporate, Foreign Gov't Land Grab Causing Hunger in Poor Countries

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, joins us to discuss his recent warning that some 500 million small farmers in poor countries are suffering from hunger, partly because foreign countries and corporations have bought up large tracts of land. We're also joined by Smita Narula, author of a new study suggesting that many of the land deals in Africa and South Asia lack transparency and could threaten local communities with eviction, undermine their livelihoods, and endanger their access to food. Ref. Source 1

Global Food Crisis - Page 3

I believe the large food producing companies are controlling the amount of grains that hit the world market. This way they control the prices and fill their pockets with the money of those who are starving around the world.

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Food prices at twenty year high:

Global food prices have risen to record levels in January, reaching their highest levels since records began in 1990. Ref. Source 4