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World must learn lessons from food price crisis

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:50:10 +0000

Small farmers in developing countries have not benefited from higher food prices, thanks in part to flawed trade and agricultural policies that have made them vulnerable and weakened

Double-Edged Prices

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:35:38 +0000

The recent sharp increase in food prices should have benefited millions of poor people who make their living from agriculture.

Haiti No Longer Grows Much of Its Own Rice and Families Now Go Hungry

Ian McClelland — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:17 +0000

Judith Alexandre, a single mother, lives with her two children in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and like a lot of other families there they have only one choi

Ethiopia: Starbucks Campaign (Anatomy of a Win)

Ian McClelland — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:38:09 +0000

Andrea Perera, Oxfam staff writer, explains how Oxfam and Ethiopian farmers coaxed a groundbreaking agreement out of Starbucks.

Burkina Faso: Cotton story

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:20:08 +0000

"How can we cope with this problem? Cotton prices are too low to keep our children in school, or to buy food and pay for health." Brahima Outtara, Burkina Faso.

Al-Hassan’s story, Ghana

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:57:11 +0000

In Tamale market, northern Ghana, on display amongst the colourful fruit and vegetable stalls, is a blatant example of the rigged rules in the global rice trade.

Food prices – a global crisis

Elena Cornellana — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:02:28 +0000

We’re all feeling the pinch as the costs of basic foods like rice, corn, and wheat reach record highs. But the world’s poorest people are suffering most.

Colombian flower-workers’ story

Elena Cornellana — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:06:20 +0000

"The women have to come back into the greenhouses immediately after the flowers are sprayed with pesticides.

Chilean fruit-picking workers’ story

Elena Cornellana — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:20:22 +0000

Chile is proud of its status as one of the most open countries in the world. It has signed 47 free trade agreements, including one with the US.

What are EPAs?

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:04:56 +0000

If the new trade agreements are skewed in favor of Europe’s rich countries, then they are more likely to increase rather than reduce poverty.