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In-depth: A global food crisis

GLOBAL: Opportunities?

Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN
Take care of the small farmer
NAIROBI, 14 November 2012 (IRIN) -

FOOD: Spotlight on "land grab" deals

SENEGAL: Making cashews pay

UGANDA: As food prices bite, HIV-positive people turn to kitchen gardens

KENYA: Bag a farm

GLOBAL: Improved farming rather than more food aid?

AFRICA: Helping small farmers feed a continent

ZAMBIA: A better meal than maize-meal

CAPE VERDE: Growing food without soil

SENEGAL: Squeezing more out of sesame

TOGO: Can a second green revolution work?

GLOBAL: Cutting food waste key to ending crisis - UNEP

BURKINA FASO: WFP debuts vouchers

CAMEROON: Farmers “forgotten” by government

AFGHANISTAN: Sharp rise in rice production in eastern province

GAMBIA: Can farmers axe rice imports through ‘Nerica’?

PHILIPPINES: Farmers rear goats to beat fertiliser costs

MADAGASCAR: Growing food in the off-season

MOZAMBIQUE: Boost for the small farmer

PHILIPPINES: Farmers go low-tech as fuel prices soar

CAMEROON: Urban farmers profit from rising food prices

AFGHANISTAN: Tremendous potential for food self-sufficiency - FAO expert

IRAQ: Parliament urges government to reallocate development money to those in need

GLOBAL: Costly food opportunity to review aid responses

GLOBAL: Eat local produce, help farmers, says FAO

MALAWI: Subsidising agriculture is not enough

CAMEROON: Food self-sufficient in two years?

LIBERIA: Govt links rising food prices to conflict risk
East African Food Crisis
A global food crisis
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Will there be a global food crisis in 2013?
Power to the people!
Price volatility - causes and consequences
High prices do not mean a bigger supply
Rice is king, but at a price
How to fix a "broken" supply system
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UGANDA: Christine Amony, “Finding food for the whole family is becoming a nightmare”
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 PHILIPPINES: Rice shortage hits poor
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