The
lack of government support sees farmers in Punjab selling toxic wheat
to the mandis, while growing organic food for their own homes.
Wealth
Over Health,
-by Tushar Mittal,
Tehelka
Magazine, 17 May 2008
UN calls for lower trade barriers and lifting of export bans as nearly one billion people face starvation
$15-20
bn a year needed to deal with food crisis,
-by Stephen
Brown and Robin Pomeroy,
MINT, Mumbai, 04 Jun 2008
Food
warning for Indian children,
-by Damian
Grammaticas,
BBC News, 13 May 2008
The best way to tackle the worldwide food shortage is to raise farm productivity, the World Bank has said
World
Bank wants farming to bounce back,
-by Robert Zoellick,
The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 08 May 2008
The
Rich Get Hungrier,
-by Amartya Sen,
The
Times of India, Mumbai, 29 May 2008
Winners and losers in multi-billion dollar industry - small farmers at risk.
Food
shortage likely in global rush for biofuel: U.N.,
-by John
Vidal,
The Hindu, Madras, 10 May 2007
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soaring prices for staple foods are creating political tensions from North Africa
to Southeast Asia, and the world is scrambling for solutions. Last
week, wealthy countries pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in
crops, seeds, vouchers and funds for "food security." That may help to
stave off the current emergency, but what are the long-term solutions?
Two experts from Columbia University have chimed in with their ideas.
Here are excerpts from short articles by Jagdish Bhagwati, author most
recently of 'In Defence of Globalisation'. and Jeffrey Sachs, whose new
book is called 'Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet'
Managing
Globalisation-The Food Crisis,
The
Asian Age, Mumbai, 08 May 2008
Why
bush is wrong in blaming Indians,
-by Vandana
Shiva,
The Asian Age, Mumbai, 12 May 2008
What has caused the current global food crisis?
Time
for better seeds,
-by Bhaskar Dutta,
The
Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 May 2008
After
biofuels, a new culprit that threatens food supplies: fertilizer,
-by Keith
Bradsher,
MINT, Mumbai,01 May 2008
The
severity of the global food crisis is undeniable. It affects hundreds
of millions of vulnerable people. There is need and scope for decisive
action for the short, medium, and long runs.
How to
respond to global food crisis,
-by Arvind
Subramanian,
The Hindu, Chennai, 19 May 2008
Food
crisis: stop digging!,
-by John Hilary,
guardian.co.uk, 04 Jun 2008
The
World Food Crisis,
-by Fred Magdoff,
Analytical Monthly Review, 01 May 2008
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that food supply had to rise 50% by 2030 to meet the demand.