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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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World food production must increase by 50 per cent by 2030 if it hopes to meet rising demand, the head of the UN told world leaders at a food summit in Rome Tuesday. (article 1)
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 1)
The rising cost of rice and other developing world staples has already led to export bans by India, Thailand, Vietnam and other major rice-producing countries. (article 1)
Participants at the summit are being encouraged to establish a long-term plan for dealing with the crisis, which threatens to leave millions more malnourished around the world. (article 1)
An estimated 850 million people globally suffer from hunger, according to the FAO, most of them in developing countries. (article 1)
In particular, the UN pointed to the devastating effects of years of agricultural and trade policies that have punished small farmers in developing countries. (article 1)
Compounding the problem are subsidies provided to farmers in rich nations such as Canada, which critics say unfairly disadvantage small farmers on the global market. (article 1)
The viability of biofuels was also a major topic of discussion, with some arguing against the practice of diverting food crops toward fuel production. (article 1)
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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
- Raise food production 50% by 2030: UN chief (cbc.ca, 06/03/2008, 662 words)
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Story keywords
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biofuels, Food, summit, Countries, production |
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