Fødevarekrise
12:49 | 21.06.10 |
Niger: FAO svarer på fødevarekrisen
Rome, 21 June 2010 - FAO is stepping up support to farmers and pastoralists in Niger as part of its response to the alarming food situation in the Sahel, with new operations benefiting an estimated 2.8 million people.
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10:58 | 17.06.10 |
Laos: Insekter - menneskeføde?
VIENTIANE, 14 June 2010 (IRIN) - After a hard day’s work, Bounpheng Wattana and his friends like nothing better with a cold beer than a mouthful of creepy-crawlies. In his opinion, insects are the ultimate organic food.
“These are local and natural foods from our country, so Lao people like this kind of food because there are no chemicals. They are natural foods,” said Bounpheng.
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14:28 | 03.06.10 |
FAO: Kronisk sultkatastrofe truer Asien - investeringer i landbruget kan være en del af løsningen
BANGKOK, 1 June 2010 (IRIN) - Chronic hunger has worsened in recent years, and Asia – home to two-thirds of those suffering – must invest strongly in agriculture to avert this crisis, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More than one billion people in the world, including 642 million in Asia, live in chronic hunger, up from 840 million in the mid-1990s.
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13:07 | 21.05.10 |
600.000 mennesker i Nepal risikerer at havne i alvorlig fødevarekrise
KATHMANDU, 21 May 2010 (IRIN) - Food security for more than 600,000 people in the western hills of Nepal is set to deteriorate, aid agencies warn.
With already low agricultural production in the more food-insecure areas, inflation is exacerbating matters further.
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12:49 | 04.05.10 |
DRK: Sultekrise i Niger skal afværges nu
Endnu en uregelmæssig regntid medfører, at 8 millioner mennesker i Niger vil stå overfor en mulig sultekrise, skriver Dansk Røde Kors på deres hjemmeside.
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14:12 | 07.04.10 |
Fødevarekrise truer Yemen
SANAA, 7. April 2010 (IRIN) - En række nødhjælpsorganisationer advarer om at Yemen er truet af en fødevarekrise, hvis landet ikke får mere hjælp inden juni.
FNs fødevareprogram, WFP, siger at organisationen vil løbe tør for fødevarehjælp i Yemen ved udgangen af juni, hvis ikke den modtager flere midler.
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22:46 | 29.03.10 |
Mozambique: fødevarekrise efter tørke og oversvømmelser
JOHANNESBURG, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - Extensive flooding along the rivers of central and southern Mozambique during March, in tandem with persistent drought in other parts of the same areas, have left 465,000 people in need of food assistance, but aid agencies warn that they do not have the resources to help.
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20:16 | 09.03.10 |
FN: Frygt for ny fødevarekrise i Asien
Risproducerende lande i Asien måtte klare sig med sparsom nedbør i 2009 og nu ser prognoserne for nedbør i 2010 kritiske ud. Det skaber bekymring for stigende fødevarepriser senere i 2010 og leder tankerne hen på den globale fødevarekrise i 2008.
Skriver IRIN i sit elektroniske nyhedsbrev tirsdag.
SYNDEREN: EL NIÑO
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