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
India's FinMin chides "foolish" US for turning food crop into biofuel India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has condemned the US for diverting food crop to make biofuel, saying shortage of food crop for human consumption is leading to soaring global food prices. 29 Mar 2008
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South Korea to investigate China food factory South Korea's food protection agency said Thursday it will send a fact-finding team to a Chinese factory that produced a popular snack food found to contain a suspected rat's head. 20 Mar 2008
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Foreign firms seek a bite of India's $90 billion food market Getting a foothold in India's processed foods market, estimated to be worth $90 billion, requires persistence and a willingness to adapt products to suit culinary and cultural preferences, experts say. 19 Mar 2008
