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In-depth: A global food crisis

GLOBAL: Rising aid costs

Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN
Maize and soybean-based aid will be more expensive: Women measuring out portions of corn soya blend for dispensing to mothers in Somali Region in Ethiopia during the drought in 2011
NAIROBI, 12 July 2012 (IRIN) -

FOOD: Another crisis coming?

SAHEL: Act now to avoid another crisis, say aid agencies

LESOTHO: A mountain of challenges

BURKINA FASO: WFP expands food voucher distribution

GLOBAL: Winds of change in US food aid policy?

GLOBAL: Donor response to food crisis inadequate, agencies say

YEMEN: WFP emergency programme to tackle food crisis

AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Wheat loan to ease food shortage

AFGHANISTAN: UN calls for "vital funding” to avert humanitarian crisis

SRI LANKA: Newly displaced, rising food costs prompt UN, NGO plea for more aid

NEPAL: WFP calls on donors to act now

AFGHANISTAN: UN renews call for food aid funding

GLOBAL: Humanitarians cool on G8 summit response to food crisis

AFGHANISTAN: Appeal for cash to feed 4.5 million people

ISRAEL-OPT: Politics mostly responsible for Palestinian food insecurity - UN

AFGHANISTAN: Over 3.5 million at” high risk” of food insecurity - ministry

AFGHANISTAN: Coordinated action key to avoiding food tragedy - WFP

OPT: Arab donations boost emergency aid prospects

AFGHANISTAN: Donors pledge US$31 million in food aid

JORDAN: UNRWA concerned by impact of rising costs on aid deliveries

GLOBAL: USAID reviewing food aid as costs soar
East African Food Crisis
A global food crisis
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Will there be a global food crisis in 2013?
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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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