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Cover of Frank Dikötter’s book Systematic genocide 25 September 2010 Jasper Becker’s review at The Spectator This book sheds light on many other aspects of the famine but its great importance is to remind us of why we need to revise our understanding of 20th-century history. If you add up the death tolls from the famines…
Crisis in Australia’s seed banks30 September 2010by Elizabeth Finkel Cosmos Online Australia’s seed banks are hitting the dust, one by one, which may be violating an international treaty and could damage Australian agriculture down the track. (more at link)
Wheat Reaches its Limit | Economy | English Wheat Reaches its Limit Voice of America August 24, 2010 The world’s population keeps growing, but the amount of wheat farmers worldwide are able to grow per hectare has leveled off. According to a new study, that’s because breeders and researchers have reached the limit of how…
2nd UPDATE: Wheat Prices Hit 2-Year Highs Following Russian Ban – WSJ.com THE WSJ is reporting that wheat futures prices soared Thursday to their highest levels in two years after Russia said it would ban grain exports due to a severe drought, a move that heightens concerns about global supplies of the grain and the…
Yet because the world as a whole produces enough food for the entire world population, and because countries such as India with massive malnutrition also produce enough food to feed their entire populations, recent approaches to combat malnutrition have de-emphasised food production itself in the interventions needed to combat malnutrition. The emphasis instead has been…
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