From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: soilandhealth@yahoogroups.com, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Sharply rising food prices will dramatically affect the world's poor in the near future. (BBC news articles)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:50:32 -0400
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BBC News - Rising food prices increase squeeze on poor - Oxfam http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13597657
Rising food prices are tightening the squeeze on populations already
struggling to buy adequate food, demanding radical reform of the global
food system, Oxfam has warned.
By 2030, the average cost of key crops could increase by between 120%
and 180%, the charity forecasts.
It is the acceleration of a trend which has already seen food prices
double in the last 20 years.
Half of the rise to come will be caused by climate change, Oxfam predicts.
It calls on world leaders to improve regulation of food markets and
invest in a global climate fund.
"The food system must be overhauled if we are to overcome the
increasingly pressing challenges of climate change, spiralling food
prices and the scarcity of land, water and energy," said Barbara
Stocking, Oxfam's chief executive.
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Q&A: Rising food and fuel prices http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11177214
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Food prices 'threaten millions' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13086979
The World Bank has warned that rising food prices, driven partly by
rising fuel costs, are pushing millions of people into extreme poverty.
World food prices are 36% above levels of a year ago, driven by problems
in the Middle East and North Africa, and remain volatile, the bank said.
That has pushed 44 million people into poverty since last June.
A further 10% rise would push 10m more below the extreme poverty line of
$1.25 (76p) a day, the bank said.
And it warned that a 30% cost hike in the price of staples could lead to
34 million more poor.
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More food market regulation urged http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10679723
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[permaculture] Sharply rising food prices will dramatically affect the world's poor in the near future. (BBC news articles),
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/31/2011