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Leaders clash on biofuels at food summit
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The UN is to provide an additional $1.2bn ($613m) of food aid for 75 million people in the 60 nations hardest hit by rising food prices. (article 1)
The United Nations food summit was heading towards deadlock on Wednesday night as countries remained divided over biofuel policies, agreeing only to continue "international ongoing dialogue", according to a draft of the summit's declaration. (article 5)
ROME - World powers must act quickly to control soaring food prices that threaten nearly 1 billion people with hunger and could trigger global social unrest, the United Nations said Tuesday. (article 13)
ROME (Reuters) - African countries and anti-poverty campaigners looked to the outcome of a food crisis summit on Thursday for a signal the world will start to produce solutions to stop millions more people falling into hunger. (article 6)
Rich countries came under attack on Tuesday at the United Nations food summit for their biofuel subsidies and production targets, declining spending on development aid for agriculture and large subsidies to European and US farmers. (article 4)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said countries must strive to reduce export restrictions and import tariffs in order to overcome the current crisis in global food costs and supplies. (article 3)
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The UN is to provide an additional $1.2bn ($613m) of food aid for 75 million people in the 60 nations hardest hit by rising food prices. (article 1)
Also at the summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was an "urgent need" for international policy guidelines on biofuel production. (article 1)
Mr Ban said $15bn-$20bn ($7.6bn-$10.2bn) would be needed each year to boost food production to combat hunger. (article 1)
Biofuel uses the energy contained in organic matter - crops like sugarcane and corn - to produce ethanol, an alternative to fossil-based fuels like petrol. (article 4)
Campaigners claim the heavily subsidised biofuel industry is fundamentally immoral, diverting land which should be producing food to fill human stomachs to produce fuel for car engines. (article 4)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis. (article 2)
Poorer countries are faced with a 40% increase in their food imports bill this year, and experts say some countries' food bills have doubled in the past year. (article 2)
The summit beginning in Rome on 3 June will try to find a way out, and since the crisis has many causes, the solution, too, is expected to be complex. (article 3)
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Source articles
- UN increases food aid by $1.2bn (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 467 words)
- UN sets out food crisis measures (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 493 words)
- Raise food production 50% by 2030: UN chief (cbc.ca, 06/03/2008, 662 words)
- Rich nations attacked over biofuels (ft.com, 06/03/2008, 459 words)
- Food summit in deadlock over biofuels (ft.com, 06/04/2008, 453 words)
- ABC News: U.N. Demands 'Green Revolution' for Africa (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 328 words)
- UN faces food crisis challenge (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 628 words)
- Bioenergy: Fuelling the food crisis? (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 884 words)
- Leaders clash on biofuels at food summit (CNN, 06/04/2008, 690 words)
- U.S. food policy under fire at summit (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 832 words)
- Biofuels: What do the experts think? (CNN, 06/02/2008, 1809 words)
- World leaders urged to address food crisis (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 669 words)
- U.N. warns starvation could fuel social unrest (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 587 words)
- UN food crisis summit delegates work on compromise (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 377 words)
- A Greener Revolution (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 399 words)
- Time for a second green revolution (ft.com, 06/02/2008, 439 words)
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Source articles
- UN increases food aid by $1.2bn (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 467 words)
- UN sets out food crisis measures (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 493 words)
- UN faces food crisis challenge (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 628 words)
- Bioenergy: Fuelling the food crisis? (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 884 words)
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Story keywords
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biofuels, Food, summit, Countries, production |
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