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Rising oil, food prices pose serious challenge: ASEAN
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Rising oil and food prices pose a serious challenge to the social and economic welfare of Southeast Asia, the region's foreign ministers said at annual talks Monday.
Nations:Philippines Malaysia Thailand Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-07-21
Food Prices Eat Up American School Lunch
Students at about three-quarters of American schools can expect to find higher prices in their cafeterias when they return this fall, according to a recent survey by the School Nutrition Association. The reason? Skyrocketing costs for nearly every basic food item schools rely on for meals - including a 17% increase in the price of milk and bread since last year.
Nations:U.S. India Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-07-13
China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report
BEIJING (AFP) - China registered a 7.57 billion dollar trade deficit in agricultural products during the first five months of 2008, up by more than 14-fold over the same period last year, state press said Sunday.
Nations:China Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-07-13
World Bank's Zoellick: Food prices high until 2012
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012 and energy prices would also remain high and volatile.
Nations:Japan People:Robert Zoellick Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-12
G8 pledges action on food, oil
TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) - Leaders of the world's top industrial powers ended a summit Wednesday with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change.
Nations:Japan U.S. Denmark South Africa Italy U.K. People:Yasuo Fukuda Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis Group of Eight 2007 Global Credit Crunch
2008-07-09
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- Rising oil, food prices pose serious challenge: ASEAN 2008-07-21
- Food Prices Eat Up American School Lunch 2008-07-13
- China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report 2008-07-13
- World Bank's Zoellick: Food prices high until 2012 2008-07-12
- G8 pledges action on food, oil 2008-07-09
- World's top leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid 2008-07-07
- Rich nations poised to tackle soaring oil, food prices 2008-07-06
- G8 nations to tackle global food crisis: Merkel 2008-07-05
- Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report 2008-07-04
- China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier 2008-07-03
- America's Shrinking Food Wraps 2008-06-30
- Honey bee crisis could lead to higher food prices 2008-06-26
- Bunge to buy Corn Products for $4.4 billion 2008-06-23
 Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy 2008-06-22- Everything seemingly is spinning out of control 2008-06-22
- As food demand soars, S. American production jumps 2008-06-21
- As Chinese grow richer, hunger for meat strains farms 2008-06-21
- Surging prices may force more people from homes: UNHCR 2008-06-20
- Global quandary: How to feed a growing planet 2008-06-19
- British minister sparks row over GM crops 2008-06-19
- Midwest farmland flooding boosts food prices 2008-06-18
- Midwest farmland flooding boosts food prices 2008-06-17
- Midwest flooding spurs record corn price 2008-06-16
- US wants biotech to help solve global food crisis 2008-06-14
- Food Prices: Hunger Strikes 2008-06-11
- Sticker shock at the supermarket 2008-06-11
- Fed: High energy, food prices keep economy weak 2008-06-11
- Consumers pinched by high food, energy costs: Fed 2008-06-11
- G8 meeting to focus on easing energy, food woes: US 2008-06-10
- Hunger in Ethiopia now spreading to adults 2008-06-09
- Farm strike in Argentina threatens food supplies, again 2008-06-06
- Leaders at UN summit pledge to ease food crisis 2008-06-06
- Fractious summit vows to halve hunger, boost food output 2008-06-05
- Food summit haggles over hunger declaration 2008-06-05
- Failure not an option, UN chief tells food crisis summit 2008-06-04
- UN chief: billions needed yearly on food crisis 2008-06-04
- UN chief: food production must rise 50 percent by 2030 2008-06-03
- Soaring prices compound Myanmar's cyclone misery 2008-06-02
- Report: World food prices set to fall 2008-05-29
- Food prices to stay high on "grain drain" fuel 2008-05-29
- Food prices seen causing pain in war zones 2008-05-27
- Food banks face high costs but feeding more people 2008-05-26
- Children not getting breakfast because of aid cuts 2008-05-26
- World looks to Japan's rice mountain to ease crisis 2008-05-25
- Pope urges help for hungry ahead of food summit 2008-05-25
- China quake losses won't spark price hikes -- ministry 2008-05-17
- U.S. consumers' mood grim as early-80s in May 2008-05-16
- Inflation pressures ease despite food price jump 2008-05-14
- U.S. urged to consider effect of ethanol on the poor 2008-05-08
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