Green Options » food shortage http://greenoptions.com/tag/food-shortage Posts tagged 'food shortage' Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:23:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en World Famous Wildlife Sanctuary in Zimbabwe Faces Closure http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/12/world-famous-wildlife-sanctuary-in-zimbabwe-faces-closure/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/12/world-famous-wildlife-sanctuary-in-zimbabwe-faces-closure/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:23:38 +0000 Melissa Elliott http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/12/world-famous-wildlife-sanctuary-in-zimbabwe-faces-closure/ Due to acute food shortages, one of Africa’s biggest wildlife rehabilitation centers faces closure. The shortages also threaten to wipe out the entire population of wild creatures that draw thousands of tourists to Chipangali every year.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/12/world-famous-wildlife-sanctuary-in-zimbabwe-faces-closure/feed/ 24 African Countries Double Their Yield Using Organic Farming http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/23/24-african-countries-double-their-yield-using-organic-farming/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/23/24-african-countries-double-their-yield-using-organic-farming/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:27 +0000 Robin Shreeves http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/23/24-african-countries-double-their-yield-using-organic-farming/ African woman preparing foodA recently released UN report on the effects of organic, or near organic, farming methods in 24 African countries has some interesting, and encouraging, findings. 114 projects in the 24 African countries were analyzed and the results found that yields more than doubled where the organic, or near organic, methods were implemented. In East Africa the results were even more impressive.

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found that organic practices outperformed traditional methods and chemical-intensive conventional farming. It also found strong environmental benefits such as improved soil fertility, better retention of water and resistance to drought. And the research highlighted the role that learning organic practices could have in improving local education.

Africa has been a continent where many have advocated the use of GMO crops and factory farms that use unsustainable methods to stop the food shortage that many parts of Africa are experiencing at the moment. But this study shows that perhaps these modern farming techniques are unnecessary and perhaps counterproductive.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/23/24-african-countries-double-their-yield-using-organic-farming/feed/ Corruption in Water Sector a Cause of Global Water Crisis, Says New Report http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/19/corruption-in-water-sector-a-cause-of-global-water-crisis-says-new-report/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/19/corruption-in-water-sector-a-cause-of-global-water-crisis-says-new-report/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:26 +0000 Nayelli Gonzalez http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/19/corruption-in-water-sector-a-cause-of-global-water-crisis-says-new-report/

We already know about the myriad of problems around the world caused by drought, water delivery restrictions and inadequate access to clean water. And we’ve already heard the argument that global warming is to blame for such water shortages. A report recently released by the advocacy group Transparency International provides another reason for the global water crisis: corruption.

In a press release issued by the global coalition against corruption, Chair Huguette Labelle was quoted, “Water is a resource without substitute. It is paramount to our health, our food security, our energy future and our ecosystem. But corruption plagues water management and use in all these areas.”

The organization’s report which was published last month, entitled Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector, argues that corruption plagues all segments of the water sectors, from water resources management to drinking water services, irrigation and hydropower. The report’s analysis of corruption in 35 countries from different world regions cites examples, such as bribery in water delivery and procurement-related looting of irrigation and hydropower funds, and focuses on the gravity of the situation and urgent need for reform.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/19/corruption-in-water-sector-a-cause-of-global-water-crisis-says-new-report/feed/ The Lindberg Report Podcast: The New Global Crisis? Food! http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/05/the-new-global-crisis-food/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/05/the-new-global-crisis-food/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:40:13 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/05/the-new-global-crisis-food/ corn.jpgBMO Financial Group strategist Donald Coxe warns that the current credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to a looming shortage of food.

Again, I’ve included a podcast, just in case you’d rather listen: This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post.

Investors are being warned, a global food catastrophe is emerging, a dire prediction he dropped on the Empire Club’s 14th annual investment outlook meeting in Toronto.

Coxe blames heavy demand from the biofuels industry, and the growing middle classes of countries such as India and China. To keep up with the demand, he says food output needs to be expanded dramatically.

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