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Stores, food makers compete on retail prices
Retailers, who begrudgingly went along when food makers pushed up prices to recoup record-high costs, are flexing newfound muscle and demanding price cuts to match the recent steep retreat in ingredient costs.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-03-15
Goal of halving hunger by 2015 ever more elusive: UN
ROME (AFP) - The goal of halving the number of hungry people in the world by 2015 is becoming ever more elusive, with 40 million more people plunged into chronic hunger this year, the UN food agency's chief said on Tuesday.
Nations:Congo Bangladesh Pakistan India Ethiopia Indonesia People:Barack Obama Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-10
Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
KUNMING, China - Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential -- rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.
Nations:China Philippines India Argentina Brazil Switzerland People:Wen Jiabao Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-11-30
China to ensure grain self-sufficiency
BEIJING - China is aiming to produce virtually all the grain it needs for at least the next decade despite a growing population and declining farmland because of urbanization, climate change and other factors.
Nations:Australia China Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Grocery bill still high? Blame 'sticky' prices
Worries over a global recession have pushed the price of oil to its lowest in over a year. Don't expect the same for a bottle of beer, a tube of toothpaste, or a box of cereal.
Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-10-19
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- Stores, food makers compete on retail prices 2009-03-15
- Goal of halving hunger by 2015 ever more elusive: UN 2008-12-10
- Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops 2008-11-30
- China to ensure grain self-sufficiency 2008-11-13
- Grocery bill still high? Blame 'sticky' prices 2008-10-19
- Global financial crisis could hurt UN program 2008-09-22
- Shrinking packages, pricier foods fluster parents 2008-09-01
- Rising oil, food prices pose serious challenge: ASEAN 2008-07-21
- Food Prices Eat Up American School Lunch 2008-07-13
- China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report 2008-07-13
- G8 pledges action on food, oil 2008-07-09
- World's top leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid 2008-07-07
- Rich nations poised to tackle soaring oil, food prices 2008-07-06
- G8 nations to tackle global food crisis: Merkel 2008-07-05
- Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report 2008-07-04
- China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier 2008-07-03
- America's Shrinking Food Wraps 2008-06-30
- Honey bee crisis could lead to higher food prices 2008-06-26
- Bunge to buy Corn Products for $4.4 billion 2008-06-23
 Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy 2008-06-22- Everything seemingly is spinning out of control 2008-06-22
- As food demand soars, S. American production jumps 2008-06-21
- As Chinese grow richer, hunger for meat strains farms 2008-06-21
- Surging prices may force more people from homes: UNHCR 2008-06-20
- Global quandary: How to feed a growing planet 2008-06-19
- British minister sparks row over GM crops 2008-06-19
- US wants biotech to help solve global food crisis 2008-06-14
- Food Prices: Hunger Strikes 2008-06-11
- Sticker shock at the supermarket 2008-06-11
- Fed: High energy, food prices keep economy weak 2008-06-11
- G8 meeting to focus on easing energy, food woes: US 2008-06-10
- Hunger in Ethiopia now spreading to adults 2008-06-09
- Farm strike in Argentina threatens food supplies, again 2008-06-06
- Leaders at UN summit pledge to ease food crisis 2008-06-06
- Fractious summit vows to halve hunger, boost food output 2008-06-05
- Food summit haggles over hunger declaration 2008-06-05
- Failure not an option, UN chief tells food crisis summit 2008-06-04
- UN chief: billions needed yearly on food crisis 2008-06-04
- UN chief: food production must rise 50 percent by 2030 2008-06-03
- Soaring prices compound Myanmar's cyclone misery 2008-06-02
- Report: World food prices set to fall 2008-05-29
- Food prices to stay high on "grain drain" fuel 2008-05-29
- Food prices seen causing pain in war zones 2008-05-27
- Food banks face high costs but feeding more people 2008-05-26
- Children not getting breakfast because of aid cuts 2008-05-26
- World looks to Japan's rice mountain to ease crisis 2008-05-25
- Pope urges help for hungry ahead of food summit 2008-05-25
- China quake losses won't spark price hikes -- ministry 2008-05-17
- U.S. consumers' mood grim as early-80s in May 2008-05-16
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