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Investing in agriculture is essential if the fight against world poverty is to succeed, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who spoke at an International Agriculture and Food Security Briefing sponsored by Farmers Feeding the World, a Farm... Delete the scoop?
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Rome - Strong growth is expected for global wheat, coarse grains and rice production in 2013, according to early forecasts published in the May issue of FAO's monthly Cereals Supply and Demand Brief. Delete the scoop?
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ROME, April 11 (Reuters) - Global food prices rose 1 percent in March, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday, pointing to a surge in dairy costs, while cereals prices were little changed and seen facing downward pressure in coming months. Delete the scoop?
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Global warming is exacerbating political instability as tensions brought on by food insecurity rise. With research suggesting the issue can only get worse we examine the risks around the world Delete the scoop?
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LONDON — Millions of people could become destitute in Africa and Asia as staple foods more than double in price by 2050 as a result of extreme temperatures, floods and droughts that will transform the way the world farms. Delete the scoop?
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Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, has warned that the food crisis in the Arab world is getting bigger and it is expected to reach $89 billion in 2020. Delete the scoop?
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Global food prices continued to decline for six consecutive months, but still remain very high and close to their historical peaks Delete the scoop?
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Twenty African countries will benefit from the African Development Bank- funded initiative known as the Support for Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC), but the multiplier effect of the project is expected to affect other regional member countries in the continent. Delete the scoop?
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China's grain output is likely to hit a record high this year and bring a 10th consecutive year of growth, as the nation steps up efforts to boost agricultural technology and infrastructure, a senior official said. Delete the scoop?
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Australia grows five percent of the world’s wheat crop but provides 12 to 15 percent of the wheat annually traded on the global market. Western [...] Delete the scoop?
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Climate change is creating warmer growing conditions in parts of the Earth's northern regions, a new study has found, but experts warn that drought and heat wil soon cancel out the agricultural benefits. Delete the scoop?
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Environmental experts have predicted that 30% of the Nile Delta will be submerged under water by 2030 because of the rise in land temperatures due to climate change. They added that this may threaten agriculture in Egypt. Delete the scoop?
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Food is often in short supply. The availability of and access to food is also, and has always been, highly political. Delete the scoop?
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Identifying genes that control how plants absorb and transport nutrients can be a "key" to improving food security by increasing crop tolerance to poor soils and disease, enriching food with nutrients and reducing fertiliser use, says a paper published today in Nature. Delete the scoop?
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In a major development, President Barack Obama has proposed an end to the sale of US food aid in developing countries, with options for buying food locally and cash transfers, among other radical reforms to the system. Delete the scoop?
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's economic crisis poses a threat to basic nutrition in the country of 84 million people where the poorest spend more than half their income on food, the World Food Programme (WFP)... Delete the scoop?
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World is unprepared for changes that will see parts of Africa turned into disaster areas, say food experts Delete the scoop?
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Food security is not just a problem for the poor. It will become, increasingly, a problem for everybody 
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April 10, 3:08 AM
I'm deeoply skeptical of the numbers in the first paragraph, which suggest that the average grocery bill for a family of four is just $5000. A quick search reveals most numbers are higher than that, and they are from a while ago. Delete the scoop?
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Despite recent agricultural advancements, chronic hunger remains pervasive, particularly in developing countries. Delete the scoop?
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Beyond agricultural innovation, China has rich experience and significant potential in bio-gas, vaccine R&D and manufacture, and medicine research. Delete the scoop?
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Crippling costs, bad weather and disease have hit the countryside hard – and left the future of British food in jeopardy. Jay Rayner meets the farmers fighting for survival Delete the scoop?
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CAIRO (Reuters) - With croissants, baguettes and bagels spilling off metal trolleys at the bakery where Mohammed Alif works in central Cairo, food is not scarce, but profits certainly are.The Egyptian... Delete the scoop?
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Urbanization, economic growth and other transformations are causing changes in lifestyles and diets in many parts of the world and countries are not coping as well as they could, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told professors and students at Wageningen University and Research Centre today. Delete the scoop?
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New research suggests that supplementing fertilisers with selenium could help to reduce rates of disease and premature death in Malawi
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Micronutrient fertilizers are usually those used the least, but can have tremendous efect on both crop and nutrition. Delete the scoop?
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Mumbai: India’s efforts to fight malnutrition may not bear fruit unless there is greater focus on policies to promote diets rich in nutrients and micronutrients, said Howarth Bouis , director of HarvestPlus, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington. HarvestPlus is an interdisciplinary programme that works with academic and research institutions, civil society organizations, governments and private sector in more than 40 countries to breed micronutrient-rich staple food crops through an ingenious process called biofortification, and to make such food crops widely available to malnourished populations. Delete the scoop?
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