Recent food price shocks threaten some 1 billion people with hunger. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence that climate change, along with rampant commodity speculation and lack of social protection are contributing to widespread food insecurity, resulting in hunger, poverty and even increased child labour. ILO On-line talked to Marva Corley-Coulibaly and Uma Rani Amara, senior economists at the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies about the growing concerns over food insecurity, and what urgent actions are needed to address the crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Questions and answers on food security
December 13, 2011
World food body calls for sustainable farming
June 13, 2011
MILAN — The ravages from half a century of intensive farming must give way to a more sustainable approach if farmers are to feed the world in 2050, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) yesterday said. Read the rest of this entry »
Heading off a food crisis
May 28, 2011
Food self-sufficiency will preoccupy whoever is in government. In contrast with the 20th century, when food prices fell, the 21st century is expected to see food prices rise. Read the rest of this entry »
APEC, World Bank ink MOU on food safety
May 20, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Bank yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration on food safety in the Asia-Pacific region, which accounts for over 40 percent of the world’s population and nearly half of global food production. Read the rest of this entry »
Addressing emerging food crisis
April 2, 2011
WE HAVEN’T really gotten over the impact of the 2008 food crisis, and yet another one is unfolding. Global food prices have hit record levels, largely driven by soaring prices of cereals, meat and dairy products. Read the rest of this entry »
Phl 13th most likely to suffer food crisis
March 4, 2011
The world has gone topsy-turvy for former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and Chief Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. For sounding the alarm against the rushed-hushed plea bargain of plundering military comptroller Gen. Carlos Garcia, they are now the ones in trouble. Their successors have charged them before the Sandiganbayan with indirect contempt. If found guilty, they can be imprisoned up to six months and fined up to P30,000. Read the rest of this entry »
Rising food prices nearing danger point—World Bank
February 20, 2011
PARIS—World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned leaders of the top global economies Saturday that the world is reaching a danger point where soaring food prices threaten further political instability. Read the rest of this entry »
World Bank warns of soaring food price dangers
February 17, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The rise in food prices to “dangerous levels” could increase the ranks of the poor in lower-income and middle-income countries, such as the Philippines, the World Bank (WB) warned on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
World needs global food system overhaul—report
January 25, 2011
LONDON, United Kingdom—The world needs fundamental changes to the global food system to feed the expanding population, said a British government report on how to feed the planet until 2050. Read the rest of this entry »
Food price rises stoke riot fears
November 2, 2010
Food prices have soared to lev-els last seen in the 2007-08 crisis after a big October rise, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
