Food v. Fuel Debate Worldwide
GLOBAL - The food versus fuel debate is making waves around the world - from the parliaments in Africa to the university campuses of the USA.

Concerted Action to Meet Food and Energy Crises
GLOBAL - Urgent changes in global agricultural policies are needed to meet the threats of soaring food and energy prices according to the United Nations General Assembly President....

Biofuel Policies "Costly & Ineffective"
GLOBAL - Government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy security, and has a significant...

Vicious Cycle of High Prices and Global Food Shortage
GLOBE - Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years,...

Free Energy Markets Work Despite Energy Consumption Rises
GLOBE - "The defining feature of global energy markets remains high and volatile prices, reflecting a tight balance of supply and demand. This has put issues such as energy security...

Researchers Unite to Join Green Star’s Algae Program
GLOBE - Green Star Products, Inc. announced today that research institutes, universities and commercial companies from five continents have agreed to join Green Star’s global algae...

UN: Strive For "Second Green Revolution"
GLOBE - The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, urged the international community to strive toward a "second green revolution" to ensure that environment-friendly and sustainable development...

Biofuels Not so Easy to Replace
GENERAL - To replace the global supply of ethanol and biodiesel-based biofuels added to the U.S. and European markets since 2005 would require an additional 1 million barrels of crude...

UN Blames Biofuels for Rising Costs
GLOBE - According to Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, biofuel production is responsible for the global rise in fuel prices.

An Insatiable Global Hunger for Grain
GLOBAL - Wheat is by far the most traded grain as it is so adaptable to many uses, but production for the world market has so far been the privilege of a handful of countries.

Are Biofuels Really a Threat to Global Food Security?
GLOBAL - Biofuels, derived from crops and once a promising alternative to petroleum, have come under increasing fire in the face of a global food shortage that has spurred chaos in...

Farm Subsidies in the Midst of Inflation
GLOBAL - Peter Schwardmann (AllAfrica) writes that there has been a 75% rise in the World Bank's index of food prices between September of 2006 and the start of 2008.

Fighting the Existing Food Crisis
GLOBAL - The opening words of the lead Editorial in this week's Lancet: "While customers at restaurants in New York City will soon be able to count the calories of their meals in an...

UN: Modern Agriculture a Waste of Resources
GLOBAL - A recent UN report states that although modern agricultural practices are highly productive, they tend to exhaust land and water resources. This has thereby led to vulnerability...

Special report: Climate change and food prices
GLOBAL - Is the climate to blame for the deadly combination of soaring prices and decline in supply - two factors threatening food security?