aceasta pagina reprezinta o colectie de articole, statistici, interviuri, etc, care trateaza criza scumpirii alimentelor la nivel global, precum si urmarile politice, sociale, economice ale crizei.

22 mai 2008

Stubbornly high food prices threaten worse hunger

High food prices are here to stay for the foreseeable future, potentially forcing millions more people into hunger, two reports from the United Nations and the OECD showed on Thursday.

A surge in commodity prices in the last year was not a blip and prices will remain at or above current levels for at least the next decade as some of the main underpinning factors — demand for a richer diet, the rise of biofuels and high oil prices — will remain, one of the reports said (…)

19 mai 2008

 Who is to blame for food price rises?

Global food prices may have shown some signs of stabilising, according to the United Nations.

But it has not stopped large numbers of investors from piling into food commodities and options traded in the City of London and other financial centres around the world.

So much so that some farmers and foreign governments are putting the blame firmly on speculators for at least some of the 40% year on year price gain for staples like wheat, soya and maize (…)

13 mai 2008

 Farmers unable to cash in on soaring food prices

All over the world, prices for basic foods — barley for beer, milk for cheese, corn for tortillas, and the rice that serves as a staple for more than half the world’s population — are soaring. But farmers aren’t rushing to cash in on the boom by planting more of the crops.

…They say the reason is simple. The cost of planting some crops is rising as fast as their prices, and sometimes faster, leaving little incentive to increase production of some foods that remain in high demand around the world (…)

5 mai 2008

 Proteste in Rusia datorate pretului alimentelor de baza

May Day marches in Russia have been marked by protests against high food prices across the country. Communist Party leader Gennady Zhuganov told a crowd of 5,000 in central Moscow that Russia was dying, and that a third of its people scraped by on little more than 130 euros per month (…)

27 aprilie 2008

Food costs spark protest in Senegal

More than 1,000 people, some carrying empty rice sacks, have marched through Senegal’s capital Dakar to protest against rising food prices(…)

26 aprilie 2008

 Will Genetically Modified Crops End Food Crisis?

The global food crisis is leading countries to rethink their bans on genetically modified seed, hoping the new products will increase crop yields.

Food crisis will not be solved by GM – report approved by 54 governments

An international report published today and endorsed by 54 governments says that economic liberalisation is responsible for the current food crisis and that GM technology will make the problem worse, not solve it(…) global_press_release_final.doc

25 aprilie 2008

Food squeeze feared as chance of U.S. drought seen
“Considering that statistic and current weather conditions, Iowa State University extension climatologist Elwynn Taylor said the corn belt has 33% chance of drought this year.”
 
Poor farmers receive $200 million boost from UN to face food crisis (UN news center)
The United Nations rural development arm announced today that it is providing up to $200 million for poor farmers during the upcoming cropping season as it tries to alleviate the suffering of hundreds of millions of people facing hunger and malnutrition due to soaring food prices(…)

Preţul grâului atinge nivelul minim al ultimelor şase luni

Preţul grâului a atins un nivel minim al ultimelor şase luni ca urmare a deciziei Ucrainei de a relaxa restricţiile la export şi a prognozelor privind o recoltă peste aşteptări(…) Ucraina este unul dintre cei mai mari producători de grâu la nivel mondial, însă calitatea grâului este slabă.
 

22 aprilie 2008

  Agflation  The real costs of rising food prices
cei de la Reuters au creat o pagina informativa speciala care tine la curent cu ultimele stiri in legatura cu criza alimentelor. exista posibilitatea vizualizarii crizei din perspectiva globala cu ajutorul unei harti interactive care practic centralizeaza toate problemele/masurile luate ce au legatura cu marirea preturilor la alimente.
20 aprilie 2008

Call for action on food prices 
secretarul general al Natiunilor Unite (Ban Ki-Moon) a subliniat, in cadrul unei conferinte din Ghana pe tema globalizarii, nevoia unei actiuni internationale pentru a diminua efectele dezastruase ale cresterii preturilor la alimente in tarile sarace.
“This is a worrisome situation as it poses a threat to the stability of many developing countries”
15 aprilie 2008
 
13 aprilie 2008 
Avertisment FMI privind creşterea preţului alimentelor
Directorul Fondului Monetar Internaţional a avertizat că sute de mii de oameni vor suferi de foame dacă preţurile la alimente continuă să crească. “Mii, sute de mii de oameni vor suferi de foame. Copiii vor suferi de malnutriţie iar consecinţele se vor face resimţite toată viaţa”, a declarat directorul FMI.

 
World Bank to Give Haiti $10 Million to Ease Crisis
asa cum Zoellick a declarat in conferinta de presa din 10 aprilie, banca mondiala vine in ajutorul statelor sarace care sunt lovite de pretul crescut al alimentelor. in haiti criza a debutat cu manifestatii in care s-au inregistrat pe langa vandalizarea magazinelor si victime umane. in articol se precizeaza ca Hugo Chavez, pres. Venezuelei, a avertizat in Caracas ca “lumea intra intr-o criza a alimentelor de mari proportii”. in acelasi timp, a anuntat ca va sprijini statul haiti prin trimiterea a 364 tone de “mancare”. (vecini de treaba)

12 aprilie 2008 
 Bangladesh hit by food price riots
aproximativ 20.000 de muncitori in textile s-au luat la bataie cu politia langa capitala Bangladesh-ului, orasul Dhaka, cerand salarii mai mari in urma scumpirii alimentelor. un reprezentant al politiei spune : “au devenit de nestapanit cerand salarii mai mari, reprosand ca valoarea actuala a salariilor nu este de ajuns nici pentru a asigura mancarea de baza”
The recipe for food rights
interviu cu Dr. Vandana Shiva despre criza alimentelor din India, punand o seama din responsabilitate pe seama acordului bilateral intre India si SUA, cauzand guvernul indian sa cumpere grau din SUA la un pret dublu fata de graul fermierilor locali.
 ”With the price rise, I can see about 70 to 80 per cent of India will be pushed into hunger and starvation” Dr Vandana Shiva
100 million people at greater risk due to rising food costs: WB  -
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A doubling of food prices over the past three years could push 100 million people in poorer developing countries further into poverty and governments must step in to tackle the issue, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said on Sunday.
“Based on a rough analysis, we estimate that a doubling of food prices over the last three years could potentially push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty,” Zoellick said in a statement at the end of the World Bank spring meeting here.
“This is not just a question about short-term needs, as important as those are. This is about ensuring that future generations don’t pay a price too,” he said.
Calling on governments to begin tackling the issue, Zoellick said: “We have to put our money where our mouth is now so that we can put food into hungry mouths. It’s as stark as that.”
On the eve of the meetings, Zoellick had said the crisis could mean “seven lost years” in the fight against worldwide poverty.
The food crisis attracted increasing attention at this weekend’s spring meetings here of the 185-nation World Bank and its twin institution, the International Monetary Fund, sparking loud warnings of dire consequences.
“Food prices, if they go on like they are doing today … the consequences will be terrible,” IMF managing director Dominque Strauss-Kahn said Saturday.
“As we know, learning from the past, those kind of questions sometimes end in war,” Strauss-Kahn warned.
Prices of rice, wheat, corn, cooking oil, milk and other foodstuffs have all risen sharply in recent months, sparking violent protests in many countries, including Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, the Philippines and Indonesia.
A World Bank report last week said global wheat prices jumped 181 percent over the 36 months to February, with overall food prices up 83 percent.
In Pakistan and Thailand, troops have been deployed to prevent the seizure of food, especially rice, from fields and warehouses.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A doubling of food prices over the past three years could push 100 million people in poorer developing countries further into poverty and governments must step in to tackle the issue, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said on Sunday.
“Based on a rough analysis, we estimate that a doubling of food prices over the last three years could potentially push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty,” Zoellick said in a statement at the end of the World Bank spring meeting here.
“This is not just a question about short-term needs, as important as those are. This is about ensuring that future generations don’t pay a price too,” he said.
Calling on governments to begin tackling the issue, Zoellick said: “We have to put our money where our mouth is now so that we can put food into hungry mouths. It’s as stark as that.”
On the eve of the meetings, Zoellick had said the crisis could mean “seven lost years” in the fight against worldwide poverty.
The food crisis attracted increasing attention at this weekend’s spring meetings here of the 185-nation World Bank and its twin institution, the International Monetary Fund, sparking loud warnings of dire consequences.
“Food prices, if they go on like they are doing today … the consequences will be terrible,” IMF managing director Dominque Strauss-Kahn said Saturday.
“As we know, learning from the past, those kind of questions sometimes end in war,” Strauss-Kahn warned.
Prices of rice, wheat, corn, cooking oil, milk and other foodstuffs have all risen sharply in recent months, sparking violent protests in many countries, including Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, the Philippines and Indonesia.
A World Bank report last week said global wheat prices jumped 181 percent over the 36 months to February, with overall food prices up 83 percent.
In Pakistan and Thailand, troops have been deployed to prevent the seizure of food, especially rice, from fields and warehouses.