"foodsecurity" Stories

Sen explained that his concept differed from both judging economic progress by the amounts of goods and services produced, or from focusing just on utilities.

The commission felt that only by consultation and co-operation between governments can reasonable stability of agricultural prices be achieved. It recommended that for many commodities, the most satisfactory method would be inter-governmental commodity

For agricultural price stabilization, the WFB, operating through its commodity committees, would have power to hold stocks of each of the important commodities, in line with principles previously put forward by the League of Nations and other bodies.

The limiting factor was not the physical capacity to produce enough food but the ability of nations to bring about the complex economic adjustments necessary to make adequate production and distribution possible. The application of science and technology

As production efficiency increased with the introduction of new technology and modern farming methods, the effect of restricting the area planted was partially or fully offset. Under an amendment to the 1933 act, a Grain Stabilization Board was establishe

As a result, a three-day debate took place in the Assembly of the League of Nations during which it was argued that increasing food production to meet human needs would bring prosperity to agriculture, which would overflow into industry, and bring about

"ACC Administrative Committee on Coordination (UN) ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations BSFF Buffer Stock Financing Facility (IMF) CCC Commodity Credit Corporation (US) CCP Committee on Commodity Problems (FAO) CFF Compensatory Financ

"Ten Steps to Making Global Finance Work This chapter presents some of the key opportunities, techniques, and survival strategy in the global economy, including: new markets in the developing world

This 1999 book argues against the common view that multinationals are more influential in the global economy than governments, and that they are so "transnational" as to owe no allegiance to any nation. The authors describe US, German, and Japanese firms

GLOSSARY Aggregate demand - The total demand for goods and services in an economy. Aggregate income - The total income of all production factors in a given period. It is exactly equal to aggregate output. Aggregate output - The total amount of goods a

The irony is extraordinary. World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol.

Sixty countries backed by the World Bank and the UN have called for radical changes in world farming to avert increasing shortages and environmental problems, saying that GM was not a quick fix and that growing biofuel crops threatened to increase hunger.

Never mind the economic crisis, a food recession is under way. However, there is plenty to go round, but millions of tonnes of grain are being used for biofuel and even more for animal feed.

Suddenly it is noticeable that the supermarket bills have really shot up and people are feeling less flush, but it is time for them to be thankful because growing demands for biofuel are creating catastrophic food shortages and riots across the world.