Food
Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their own consumption are squeezing small [...]
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Sorghum Master Gebisa Ejeta Wins 2009 World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – The 2009 World Food Prize has been awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought [...]
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Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Saves 10% of World’s Wild Plants
LONDON, UK, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew celebrated a milestone in plant conservation today, the collection and banking of 10 percent of the [...]