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First Riots Erupt Due to Food Price Hike
UN warns that a new food price shock could lead to a full blown food crisis.
Hot spots in emerging global food crisis
ActionAid and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released an interactive map showing which countries are at highest risk of a food crisis due to recent food price hikes.
Who needs $6 billion
As headlines begin to warn of the potential for another food crisis in 2011, ActionAid joins a diverse coalition calling for the US to save the American taxpayer $6 billion a year and sunset a duplicative biofuels subsidy.
ActionAid Begins Cash for Work Program in Northern Afghanistan
New initiative provides 8,000 poor Afghan families with the opportunity to earn a livelihood and secure food, while improving their nation’s infrastructure.
Vietnamese Struggle to Secure Food
Today, 13.5 million people are living in poverty in Vietnam, with between 5 million and 6 million going to bed hungry. ActionAid is empowering poor people to fight for their right to food, while also helping communities meet their immediate food needs.
G8 Makes Progress on Ending Hunger but More is Required
ActionAid praises the G8 for making strides towards the goal of ending hunger, but the world leaders must consider new solutions to the global food and climate crises
Rethinking the Rush to Biofuels
International demand for biofuels is creating new food production and land use challenges for developing countries. ActionAid led a Congressional briefing on biofuels and hunger.
Senegal Farmers Work to Improve Peanut Crops
When poor farmers in Senegal purchase low-quality peanut seeds, their crops are not as fruitful as they could be. ActionAid is working with farmers to improve their crops through seed multiplication.
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United Nations Climate Change Conference, Nusa Dua - Bali, Indonesia, 3-14 December 2007.