Food crisis warned as world hunger rises with biofuel push
Josetta Sheeran of the World Food Programme appeals for 700 million dollars to feed 73 million people amid surging food prices. The piece links rising costs to population growth, biofuels, climate change, and political unrest in Thailand Egypt Morocco Senegal and Cameroon, noting grain shortages, droughts, and expanding meat consumption driven by income growth in China and India.
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Josetta Sheeran
World Food Programme
WFP
Thailand
Egypt
Morocco
Senegal
Cameroon
Japan
France
United States
China
India
Australia
European Union
Cially
Brazil
Indonesia
US _ journal
Science
Robert Watson
World Bank
Department For Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
London
Europe
Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation For Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy
Ownership of Herbicide Tolerant Wheat Sparks Debate
The writer argues seed owners should not bear cleanup costs and questions who will profit from herbicide tolerant wheat. In three years, as it appears in fallow fields shelter belts and gardens, financial incentives will favor other stakeholders. The piece asserts profit potential lies beyond seed owners.
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