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    <title><![CDATA[Food Price Watch April 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-price-watch-april-2012/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Global food prices have increased by 8% in the last four months since December 2011, and in March 2012 were only 6% below their February 2011 historical peak. All key food prices have increased, except for rice. Increasing international oil prices, adverse weather conditions, Asia’s strong demand for food imports, and the persistent European financial crisis have contributed to this increase, notwithstanding the projected bumper harvests of rice and coarse grains and the corresponding increase i]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:21:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Time is Now: The G8’s Opportunity to Make Undernutrition History]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-time-is-now-the-g8s-opportunity-to-make-undernutrition-history/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Evidence shows that almost one billion people globally suffer from food insecurity, and that around 171 million children under five years old suffer from stunted growth due to undernutrition. As the G8’s previous commitment to food security and nutrition expires this year, Concern Worldwide strongly believes that now is the time to take preventative and long-lasting action that can help to make undernutrition history.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:05:30 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mapping urban farming in Thailand]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/mapping-urban-farming-in-thailand/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A Geographical Information System (GIS) is being used to map vegetable production in the greater Bangkok region, seat of Thailand’s capital, to analyse how urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) contribute to food security in the city of more than 14 million.“UPA produces around one-fifth of world’s food, with 800 million people involved in it. Our project aims at giving decision-makers more elements to harness this potential,” Yingyong Paisooksantivatana, the associate dean of the agriculture f]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:42:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Understanding the dynamics of gender and nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for policy and programming]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/understanding-the-dynamics-of-gender-and-nutrition-in-bangladesh-implications-for-policy-and-progr/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[During the past two decades, Bangladesh has made considerable progress in development, sustaining high rates of economic growth and reducing poverty rates by nine percent between 2000 and 2005. This report aims to contribute to reducing malnutrition in Bangladesh through a better understanding of gender-nutrition linkages. It is also part of a larger effort on multisectoral approaches to improving nutrition. The report takes as its starting point, the hypothesis that gender inequality in Banglad]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:08:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reducing the Risk of Food and Nutrition Insecurity among Vulnerable Populations]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/reducing-the-risk-of-food-and-nutrition-insecurity-among-vulnerable-populations/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Vulnerable populations are minimally resilient to shocks, whether caused by humans or natural disasters. Emerging threats and new trends—such as climate change, population growth, aging societies, urbanization, infectious as well as noncommunicable diseases, and environmental degradation—are bound to aggravate the consequences of shocks on already vulnerable populations by triggering damage, loss, and displacement. Such threats pose an additional hurdle to the stated policy objective of the inte]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:39:53 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/africa-human-development-report-2012-towards-a-food-secure-future/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates. It also emphasizes that food security – the ability to consistently acquire enough calories and nutrients for a healthy and productive life - is essential for human development.   To boost food security, it argues for action in four interrelated areas: agricultural productivity, nutrit]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:47:54 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[We Won’t Accept Hunger Ambassadors’ Toolkit]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/we-wont-accept-hunger-ambassadors-toolkit/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This toolkit is for you. It is for anyone who has an interest in helping stop hunger. You can use as little or as much of it as you want to. It also has specially adapted chapters for We Won’t Accept Hunger champions, called ‘ambassadors’, to help them design campaign actions or train other people in campaigning techniques. Again, it is important to underline that you need use only the parts of this toolkit that you are comfortable with.Hunger is the world’s biggest killer but it can be stopped,]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:48:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Misunderstood: Getting the Right Response to Food Shortages in the Sahel]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/misunderstood-getting-the-right-response-to-food-shortages-in-the-sahel/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A bleak narrative of 16 million plus people on the brink of starvation in West Africa’s Sahel region has captured headlines. But the brewing food crisis, spanning Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad, has been overstated, and the headlines fail to identify the core causes of food insecurity and malnutrition in the region.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:49:54 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/voluntary-guidelines-on-the-responsible-governance-of-tenure-of-land-fisheries-and-forests-in-the-c/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The aim of the guidelines: to promote food security and sustainable development by improving secure access to land, fisheries and forests and protecting the rights of millions of often very poor people.The new Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security outline principles and practices that governments can refer to when making laws and administering land, fisheries and forests rights.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 03:42:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Agricultural Innovation Systems and Family Farming – An FAO E-mail Conference]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/agricultural-innovation-systems-and-family-farming-an-fao-e-mail-conference/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[FAO is hosting a moderated e-mail conference from 4 June to 1 July 2012 on "Ensuring the full participation of family farmers in agricultural innovation systems: Key issues and case studies". Agricultural innovation systems (AIS) are systems of individuals, organizations and enterprises that bring new products, processes and forms of organization into social and economic use to achieve food security, economic development and sustainable natural resource management. AIS include a multitude of pot]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:54:21 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Committee on World Food Security (CFS): A guide for civil society]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/tax-incentives-and-revenue-losses-in-uganda-a-race-to-the-bottom-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This is a guide for civil society organisations (CSOs) to the Committee on World Food Security – known as the CFS.It explains what the CFS is, why it is important, and how civil society organisations worldwide can monitor, influence or get involved in the work of the CFS at the global, regional and the national level.The guide is written in plain language for social movements, communitybased organisations (CBOs), civil society (CSOs), and local or international non-governmental organisations (NG]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:05:11 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Public Policy, Price Shocks, and Civil War in Developing Countries]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/public-policy-price-shocks-and-civil-war-in-developing-countries/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Those who study the role of agriculture in the political economy of development focus on government policy choices on the one hand and the impact of price shocks on the other. In this paper, it is argued that the two should be studied together. It was found that civil unrest (Granger) causes government policies, pushing governments in poor and medium income countries to shift relative prices in favor of urban consumers. It was also found that while civil wars are related to food price shocks, wh]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:39:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[A Life Free From Hunger: Tackling Child Malnurition]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/a-life-free-from-hunger-tackling-child-malnurition/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[As world leaders have been occupied with one economic crisis after another, a hunger and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of children has gone unchecked. While the world has been experiencing years of financial turmoil, pervasive long-term malnutrition is slowly eroding the foundations of the global economy by destroying the potential of millions of children.This crisis is not new. Progress on reducing malnutrition has been pitifully slow for&nbsp;20 years. But a combination of global tren]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:53:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mali Food Security Outlook - April through September 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/mali-food-security-outlook-april-through-september-2012/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The insecurity and conflict in the northern regions of Mali have displaced over 240,000 people. Of these, more than 147,000 have sought refuge in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Algeria.A continuation of the current status quo of the balance of power and civil insecurity will make current and projected food insecurity problems in northern Mali considerably more severe and more widespread than predicted in February/March of this year, given the magnitude of the shocks on markets and liveliho]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:12:47 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food & Justice: Investing in human security in a challenging governance context]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-justice-investing-in-human-security-in-a-challenging-governance-context/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[After 20 years of impressive progress that brought back stability to Uganda and led to economic growth that increased prosperity for many, development has slowed down. Although Uganda has good policies and frameworks in place for nearly all the challenges it faces, patronage politics heavily influence the governance situation. The Embassy (EKN) has made choices for its new strategy and the implementation modalities based on this context. Taking into account new Dutch policy priorities, EKN has d]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:13:10 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Achieving food security in the face of climate change]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/achieving-food-security-in-the-face-of-climate-change-2/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has reviewed the scientific evidence to identify a pathway to achieving food security in the context of climate change. Food systems must shift to better meet human needs and, in the long term, balance with planetary resources. This will demand major interventions, at local to global scales, to transform current patterns of food production, distribution and consumption. Investment, innovation, and deliberate effort to empower the world]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:26:57 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-security-and-poverty-in-asia-and-the-pacific/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world’s (and especially Asia’s) growing population, high and volatile food prices, increasingly scarce resources, and changing environment. This paper discusses the drivers behind food insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it. Policies to enhance food security that are discussed in this paper include safety net and social protection programs, and policies that promote agricultural productivity, rural development, agricultural r]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:56:52 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aid For Nutrition: Can investments to scale up nutrition actions be accurately tracked?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/aid-for-nutrition-can-investments-to-scale-up-nutrition-actions-be-accurately-tracked/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A major new report from Action Against Hunger shows that investments in aid programmes to combat undernutrition make up just a fraction of the required need. The humanitarian organisation calls for all donors to scale up investments in nutrition interventions.Action Against Hunger’s new report, Aid For Nutrition, highlights that whilst an estimated $11.8 billion is required annually to tackle undernutrition, a mere one per cent of this was being delivered each year between 2005 and 2009. Further]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food security and storage in the Middle East and North Africa]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-security-and-storage-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This paper develops a dynamic storage model for wheat in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, where imported wheat dominates the average diet. The paper uses the model to analyze a strategy that sets aside wheat stockpiles, which can be used when needed to keep domestic prices below a targeted price. This paper shows that if the target is set high and reserves are adequate, the strategy can be effective and robust. Contrary to most interventions, strategic storage policies are counter]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:32:11 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[WFP launches support for more than 800,000 people hit by food crisis in Senegal]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/wfp-launches-support-for-more-than-800000-people-hit-by-food-crisis-in-senegal/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An operation to provide food assistance to more than 800,000 people is being launched by the United Nations World Food Programme, with first distributions to be held on Saturday, 28 April, in the rural commune of Oukout in Ziguinchor region. Supporting the efforts of the Government to respond to the food crisis, WFP will provide assistance to 739,000 people in rural areas and 67,000 in urban areas. It will be delivered through various activities included targeted distributions of food and cash v]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:40:57 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fighting hunger in the Sahel]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/fighting-hunger-in-the-sahel/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Drought has returned to the Sahel region of West Africa following an erratic and late 2011 rainy season, bringing hunger to millions in the region for the third time in the past decade. In an area of the world where most people live only on what they can grow, inconsistent rains, failed harvests and dying animals mean that hunger is a fact of life for many.In Niger, 6.1 million people are estimated to be severely or moderately food-insecure. Results from a recent national nutrition survey in Cha]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:08:29 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Asia at the Crossroads]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/asia-at-the-crossroads/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This report argues that Asian countries are at a crossroads in their agriculture strategies. Before them are two farming models: "conventional‟, industrial farming, promoted by the Green Revolution; and sustainable, or ecological, agriculture - involving methods of farming that are gaining increasing acceptance around the world as the most viable way to promote food security and address climate change.Countries in Asia have shown the world in recent years that massive reductions in poverty and h]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 02:11:50 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Achieving food security in the face of climate change]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/achieving-food-security-in-the-face-of-climate-change-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[On a planet with sufficient food for all, a billion people go hungry. Another billion over-consume, increasing risks from chronic diseases. The food system faces additional pressure as the global population grows, to around 9 billion by 2050, and as diets shift towards higher consumption of calories, fats and animal products. Food insecurity afflicts communities throughout the world wherever poverty prevents assured access to food supplies. As well as causing widespread human suffering, food ins]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 01:22:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[That rice you throw away]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/that-rice-you-throw-away/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Research shows that the Philippines, the world’s biggest rice importer for several years, wastes rice that is worth at least US$535,000 (23 million pesos) every day, or at least $223 million a year—enough to feed 4.3 million people. The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), under the Department of Science and Technology, revealed these 2008 data, further noting that every Filipino wastes an average of 3 tablespoons (9 grams) of rice daily, which is equivalent to 3.3 kilograms per year.Wa]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:48:01 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Innovative WFP electronic voucher programme in Zimbabwe brings relief to many living with HIV]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/innovative-wfp-electronic-voucher-programme-in-zimbabwe-brings-relief-to-many-living-with-hiv/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people living with HIV in Zimbabwe are no longer going hungry thanks to a creative intervention spearheaded by the World Food Programme. The project, which involves households receiving electronic vouchers that can be used to buy highly nutritious food, is proving a lifeline to people living with HIV.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:17:20 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[2011 Global Food Policy Report]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/2011-global-food-policy-report/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new edition of the annual International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels. It highlights important developments and events in food policy that occurred in 2011, discusses lessons learned, offers policy recommendations, presents IFRPI’s food policy tools and indicators, and takes a look forward into 2012]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:44:39 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Foley: The other inconvenient truth]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/jonathan-foley-the-other-inconvenient-truth/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. At TEDxTC Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin "terraculture" -- farming for the whole planet.Jonathan Foley studies complex environmental systems and their affects on society. His computer models have shown the deep impact agriculture is having on our planet.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:49:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Research principles for developing country food value chains]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/research-principles-for-developing-country-food-value-chains/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Food value chains (FVCs) comprise all activities required to bring farm products to consumers, including agricultural production, processing, storage, marketing, distribution, and consumption. FVCs are changing rapidly in developing countries (DCs), because of population and income growth; urbanization; and the expansion, globally and domestically, of modern food retailing, distribution, and wholesaling fi rms.The increased output required to meet growing food demand can be sustained only with i]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:29:15 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Will Food Prices Drive Instability?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/will-food-prices-drive-instability/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Over the past five years the world has faced serious volatility in food prices and supplies, which has sparked instability around the world. Some contend that events leading to the 2011 Arab Spring were in part triggered by food insecurity and pervasive hunger among the populations of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Syria.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:08:50 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food prices rise again on higher oil prices and adverse weather]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-prices-rise-again-on-higher-oil-prices-and-adverse-weather/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Global food prices increased by 8 percent from December 2011 to March 2012 due to higher oil prices, adverse weather conditions, and Asia’s strong demand for food imports, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch. In a global context, domestic food price increases have been larger than price declines across countries.  Wheat prices from March 2011 to March 2012 rose 92 percent in Belarus, while the price of maize increased by 82 percent in Malawi, 80 percent in Ethiopia, and 7]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:57:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Should We be Concerned about Competition between Food and Fuel? Analysis of biofuel consumption mandates in the European Union and the United States]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/should-we-be-concerned-about-competition-between-food-and-fuel-analysis-of-biofuel-consumption-mand/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In academic literature and research modelling food-market prices, expanding biofuel production is consistently attributed some role in the rising cost of food commodities. The European Union and United States biofuel markets’ account for 62 per cent of 2010 global biofuel consumption and sizeable biofuel consumption targets have been implemented in both economies. This policy brief discusses the impact of European Union and United States consumption targets on food commodity prices and provides ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:42:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Constraints to Smallholder Investments.  A online consultation by the HLPE to set the track of its study]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/constraints-to-smallholder-investments-a-online-consultation-by-the-hlpe-to-set-the-track-of-its-s/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A large percentage of word poverty is rural, largely directly or indirectly associated with smallholder farming. Smallholder farmers produce most of the food consumed locally, and food security at a world scale thus importantly depends on the investments made by external actors and by the smallholders themselves in their agricultural production. What are the constraints that limit these investments and what can be done to encourage investments in smallholder agriculture?]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:48:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Global Food Policy Report 2011]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/global-food-policy-report-2011/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels. It highlights important developments and events in food policy that occurred in 2011, discusses lessons learned, offers policy recommendations, presents IFPRI’s food policy tools and indicators, and takes a look forward into 2012. The Report reflects perspectives from across the globe.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:04:17 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fuel for thought: Addressing the social impacts of EU biofuels policies]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/fuel-for-thought-addressing-the-social-impacts-of-eu-biofuels-policies/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In recent years, communities supported by ActionAid and its partners from around the world have suffered the negative impacts of industrial biofuels production projects and policies. While ActionAid has been working with these communities on the ground, we have also conducted research on the global impacts of biofuel production and consumption on the human rights of poor and marginalised communities. Globally, it is estimated that biofuels have been involved in at least 50 million hectares being]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:19:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Global Monitoring Report 2012: Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/global-monitoring-report-2012-food-prices-nutrition-and-the-millennium-development-goals/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal mortality still unacceptably high, says the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012, released today by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Recent spikes in international food prices have stalled progress across several of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the report says.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:48:08 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Market Monitor]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-market-monitor/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This bulletin provides information on price changes for the most commonly consumed staples and their potential impacts on the cost of the basic food basket.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:35:42 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What works for women: proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This report highlights proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security. Nine international development agencies have collaborated to produce this briefing, sharing the lessons learned based on their experience of promoting gender equality and working with women smallholders and rural women over many decades. The report features case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya andTajikistan, and concludes with a number of recommendations for policy makers on measures to h]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:14:43 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food Crisis in the Sahel: Five steps to break the hunger cycle in 2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, and vulnerable communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis is now a reality, with 13 million people in seven countries vulnerable to its impact. Food stocks have already run out for some communities and are running dangerously low for others. Support to protect lives and livelihoods is urgently needed before the crisis becomes an emergency.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:53:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Averting Tomorrow's Global Food Crisis]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Global food prices will more than double within 20 years, as a new age of crisis forces the collapse of our global food system. These price rises will push millions into poverty in a world where, already, one in seven goes hungry.&nbsp;This Oxfam Briefing Note sets out the steps the EU must take to meet this unprecedented challenge. It was first published in 2011 at the outset of GROW, Oxfam’s global food justice campaign, which aims to transform the way we grow, share, and live together so that]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:43:47 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Getting to grips with the water-energy-food ‘nexus’]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The ‘nexus’ has become a popular buzz word to describe the complex linkages among water, energy and food security – sectors that have traditionally remained fairly separate. Talk of the water-energy-food nexus was a hot topic at last month’s Planet Under Pressure conference; it is also the focus of a significant German government-organised input to the UN Rio+20 Summit. What has brought nexus thinking to the fore, and what does this nexus look like? How does it relate to climate compatible devel]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:45 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Horn of Africa: Manage the risks, not just the crisis, stresses OCHA]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Expert forecasts warn that rainfall in the Horn of Africa throughout the March to May growing season is likely to be lower than average. The UN and humanitarian partners are now urging early action to prevent food insecurity from worsening across the region, with an emphasis on building resilience and sustainable livelihoods.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:03:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso: Up to 2.85 million people face food insecurity]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/burkina-faso-up-to-285-million-people-face-food-insecurity/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This Emergency Appeal responds to BRCS’s request to provide immediate food security support to agro-pastoralist households unable to make ends meet. It will support 20,000 households (about 4.5% of the affected population) through a timely response that secures access to food for the most vulnerable households whilst at the same time strengthening livelihood related activities linked to the next rainy season expected in June/July. The households will be selected through a community-based targeti]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:01:56 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Policy options to strengthen the cassava and rice supply chains]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/policy-options-to-strengthen-the-cassava-and-rice-supply-chains/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Nigeria is the world’s largest cassava producer and Africa’s largest rice importer. The government and private sector should figure out ways to enhance cassava’s competitiveness in the international market and improve the efficiency of domestic rice production and processing. A range of policies and initiatives can strengthen cassava and rice supply chains, all the way from production to marketing. However, because of the country’s massive size and diversity, different regions may face different]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:19:39 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Review of literature on agricultural productivity, social capital and food security in Nigeria]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/review-of-literature-on-agricultural-productivity-social-capital-and-food-security-in-nigeria/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Despite the rapid pace of urbanization taking place in Nigeria, half of Nigerians (approximately 70 million individuals) still live in rural areas; most of them engaged in smallholder semi-subsistence agriculture. Agriculture remains a crucial sector in the Nigerian economy, being a major source of raw materials, food and foreign exchange; employing over 70 percent of the Nigerian labor force, and serving as a potential vehicle for diversifying the Nigerian economy.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:40:13 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Response to the Horn of Africa Emergency]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[More than 8 million people across the Horn of Africa need emergency assistance. Nearly a third of Somalia’s population—some 2.51 million people—are still in acute humanitarian crisis, including more than 323,000 acutely malnourished children. Some 463,000 Somali refugees in the Dadaab camps in north eastern Kenya, 142,000 people in the Dollo Ado camps in Ethiopia as well as 22,000 people in the Ali Addeh camp in Djibouti as well as 1.35 million Somalis displaced within their own country also con]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:27:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The conundrum of conservation agriculture and livelihoods in Southern Africa]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Low crop productivity, food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition; inadequate farming knowledge and skills, implements and inputs are characteristic of smallholder agriculture in Southern Africa. Many researchers argue that conservation agriculture can guarantee higher crop productivity, food security, improved livelihoods and environmental protection, better than the unsustainable traditional systems of slash and burn practices. In this paper, the authors present the results of a meta-analysis of]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:38:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to End Hunger in Times of Crises - Interview with Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/how-to-end-hunger-in-times-of-crises-interview-with-andrew-macmillan-and-ignacio-trueba/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Zunia interviewed Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba who jointly wrote the book ‘How to End Hunger in Times of Crises’ - published in both Spanish and English. In this interview, the authors discuss their thoughts on hunger eradication and sustainable farming.Zunia: In your book you mention that when governments were faced with a financial crisis, they rushed to bail out banks. Yet, with a food crisis looming, they turned down a proposal to eradicate hunger by 2025. What do you think is the rea]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:22:52 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to End Hunger in Times of Crises]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/how-to-end-hunger-in-times-of-crises/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In this book, Andrew McMillan and Ignacio Trueba provide a concise, but lucid and challenging explanation of what hunger and malnutrition are about, and how to eradicate them. They recommend a shift from supply-driven to demand-driven approaches to combating malnourishment. This book unmasks the global hunger problem; it calls for curing excess food consumption and a shift to truly sustainable food production systems. It sees the failure of most governments to run their countries in ways that le]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:15:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food Crisis in the Sahel: Five steps to break the hunger cycle in 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/food-crisis-in-the-sahel-five-steps-to-break-the-hunger-cycle-in-2012-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, and vulnerable communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis is now a reality, with 13 million people in seven countries vulnerable to its impact. Food stocks have already run out for some communities and are running dangerously low for others. Support to protect lives and livelihoods is urgently needed before the crisis becomes an emergency. Oxfam is calling on d]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:28:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Broken markets: How financial market regulation can help prevent another global food crisis]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/broken-markets-how-financial-market-regulation-can-help-prevent-another-global-food-crisis/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Huge increase in the cost of food and a sharp increase in food price volatility over recent years have triggered a global debate on the causes and solutions to this crisis. The role of financial speculation in contributing to this crisis has been much more controversial. Many have argued that the huge increase in financial participation in commodity derivative markets has played a central role, fuelling price inflation and increasing price volatility.Broken Markets seeks to counter the arguments]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:17:06 -0400</pubDate>
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