Stories Tagged "world hunger"
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UN says food prices drop again
posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:17 AM
A U.N. agency plays down fears of a looming world food crisis as international coordination and flagging demand have led to a drop in food prices for the third consecutive month in December.
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UN Says World Hungry Not 1 Billion After All
posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for error.
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Obama Announces $3 Billion in Private Sector Pledges to Help Feed Africa
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:09 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a "moral imperative" to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world.
Obama announced $3 billion in...
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Gates Defends Focus on High-tech Agriculture
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:46 AM
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Bill Gates has a terse response tocriticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for worldhunger are too expensive or bad for the environment: Countries canembrace modern seed technology and genetic modification or...
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