UN food agency says rice prices surging in Myanmar Rice prices in Myanmar's capital have surged 50 percent since deadly cyclone Nargis, which flooded entire rice-growing areas, a United Nations food agency said Monday. 12 May 2008
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India's green revolutionary is back in spotlight Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine and a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for revolution -- this time a perpetual one. 12 May 2008
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Let's have a hearty laugh over Bush's gaffe Let's admit it. Bush committed a gaffe when he commented that the growing number of middle class in India triggers increased demand for "better nutrition" which in turn leads to higher food prices. 07 May 2008
Haitian food crisis sending refugees to the sea Acute hunger and the rising cost of living could send a new wave of boat people from Haiti, where rising food prices set off deadly riots two weeks ago and drove the prime minister from office, officials and analysts say. 23 Apr 2008