Alertnet
March 22, 2011
Malians Tune In For Food Security News
BAMAKO, Mali (AlertNet) - Television viewers across Mali can now get the latest news on which parts of the West African country face a risk of food shortages and malnutrition.
Voice of America
March 22, 2011
UN Reports Shortages of Food, Other Essentials in Libya
United Nations aid agencies report food and other essential supplies are running out in Libya. They say it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of internally displaced people as the war in the country heats up.
Bloomberg
March 23, 2011
Thailand Planning Fewer Rice Harvests in Pest Fight Means Drop in Exports
Thailand world’s largest rice exporter, plans to reduce planting to curb pests and improve quality, an official from the Thai Rice Mills Association said.
The government’s plan may eventually reduce exports by about 2 million metric tons a year, Pramote Vanichanont, honorary president of the Bangkok-based association, said in an interview, without giving a timeframe.
March 22, 2011
Middle East's Investments in African Farmlands are Rooted in Food Security Fears
Before the January protests that ended his 30-year-rule, the fiercest unrest to challenge Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was not inspired by politics, but by a lack of bread. In the summer of 2008, the country experienced a shortage of subsidized bread; being the world's largest wheat importer, the impact was felt immediately. Dozens of riots touched off across the country, and to contain the violence, Mubarak actually ordered the army to bake loaves of flatbread for the masses.
abc.net
March 23, 2011
Food for Naught
Recent news items have told us that the strain on the world’s resources is not limited to those of the finite variety.
Food production, we are told, will have to increase dramatically in order to feed a growing world population that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.
Food production, we are told, will have to increase dramatically in order to feed a growing world population that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.
Sydney Morning Herald
March 23, 2011
Tokyo Water Unsafe for Babies, Farm Food Blocked
Tokyo on Wednesday warned that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water due to the disaster at a quake-hit nuclear plant northeast of Japan's capital.
nj.com
March 23, 2011
Food Stamp Use, Poverty Rates Sharply Rise Among NJ Children During Recession
TRENTON— The Great Recession pushed thousands of New Jerseyans below the federal poverty level in 2009, causing the state’s rate to spike to the highest it’s been since at least 2002, a report released Tuesday finds.
Jerusalem Post
3/22/11
'Mideast is World’s Riskiest Region For Water Security
Study says growing shortages heighten political risk, may raise oil prices, "water isn't going to be sole cause for civil unrest," analyst says.
Wall Street Journal
March 22, 2011
Brazil Needs $42 Bln Of Water, Waste Investment By 2015
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil needs to invest 70 billion Brazilian reais ($42 billion) by 2015 to guarantee water supplies to its major cities and treat its waste, the country's national water agency said Tuesday.
Atlanta Business News
March 22, 2011
Southern to Disclose Water Scarcity Risks to Investors
Atlanta-based Southern Co. has agreed to expand its disclosures on risks from water shortages, in response to a shareholder resolution
ArabianBusiness.com
March 22, 2011
UAE, Kuwait Among Nations at “Extreme Risk” of Water Shortages
Gulf states the UAE, Oman and Kuwait have been named among the 10 nations with the “most extreme risk” of interruptions to water supply, risk-assessment consultants Maplecroft said.
BuaNews Online
March 22, 2011
Experts Turn to Groundwater Amid Looming Crisis
Pretoria - South Africa will have to make use of more groundwater and explore other technologies such as sea water desalination and recycling to avert the looming crisis of water shortages in the country, say experts.
The Daily Star
March 23, 2011
Lebanon to Face Severe Water Crisis if Key Steps Aren’t Taken
BEIRUT: Lebanon is facing an unprecedented struggle to effectively manage its dwindling water resources as an unplanned and unchecked surge in regional urban migration threatens Middle Eastern drinking and sewage infrastructure, an international conference concluded Tuesday.
Gulf Today
March 22, 2011
Water Problems Begins to Bother Residents, Says Survey
About 28 per cent of Emiratis worry that their children will be without fresh water, reveals a new research that highlights lack of fresh water as the biggest concern for the next generation.
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