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| Today |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Pioneering winemaker Mondavi dies| Pioneering vintner, who helped put Californian Cabernets and Chardonnays on the world's wine-tasting map, has died at the age of 94 | |
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| May. 7 |
 Argentina |
Farmers resume strike Farmers decided to resume a strike that cut exports, blocked roads and emptied store shelves last month. The farmers would go on strike for 8 days
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| May. 3 |
 Global |
Asian bank in food crisis warning The Asian Development Bank has warned that the crisis of rising food prices could reverse gains made in reducing poverty across the continent
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| May. 1 |
 Washington |
 Bush offers $770m for food crisis| George W Bush has offered an international food aid to help ease the effects of surging food prices that have sparked riots in some countries | |
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| Apr. 29 |
 UN |
 UN sets up food crisis task force The Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon is setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis
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| Apr. 23 |
 Venezuela |
  LatAm leaders in food price pact The presidents of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela and Cuba's vice-president have agreed on a $100m scheme to combat the impact of food pric...
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| Apr. 21 |
UN |
 Leaders warn on biofuels and food Bolivian President Morales and President Garcia of Peru have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies
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| Apr. 20 |
UN |
 Ban pushes for more food production The U.N. chief warned that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices
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| Apr. 17 |
 South Korea |
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'| Seoul's farm ministry: South Korea has agreed to relax restrictions on beef imports from the US | |
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| Apr.16 |
 Cuba |
President looks to boost food production Raśl Castro has moved quickly to boost food production by putting more land into the hands of profit-earning farmers
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| Apr.15 |
 Paris |
Farming practices 'must change' The study, published by Unesco calls for more emphasis on protecting natural resources
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| Apr.14 |
 Bangladesh |
 Riots spread as food prices skyrocket Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attenti...
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| Apr.13 |
Global |
World Bank echoes food cost alarm Bank head Robert Zoellick: The rapid rise in food prices could push 100 million people in poor countries deeper into poverty
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| Apr.12 |
Global |
IMF head gives food price warning  | Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned that hundreds of thousands of people will face starvation if food prices keep rising | |
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IMF slashes world growth forecast
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| Apr.7 |
 Haiti |
Angry Haitians protest food prices Protesters angered by high food prices flooded the streets of thes capital, forcing businesses and schools to close as unrest spread
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| Mar.28 |
Argentina |
Farmers move to end strike Argentine farmers lifted roadblocks, easing a 15-day strike that has caused traffic jams and depleted grocery shelves across the country
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Italy |
Italy to withdraw tainted cheese
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| Mar.27 |
Philippines |
Asia faces a rice supply crisis
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| Mar.25 |
Argentina |
Farmers strike leaves shelves bare A strike by farmers, who are protesting an increase in export taxes for their products, continued for a 13th day with no solution in sight
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Global |
Food prices rising across the world
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| Mar.23 |
Washington |
FDA suspects cantaloupe, salmonella link
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| Mar.6 |
UN |
UN warns on food price inflation
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| Feb.17 |
Southern California |
US orders massive recall of beef
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| Feb.4 |
Afghanistan |
Report urges Afghan farmer boost
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| Jan.25 |
 Switzerland |
Bill Gates new project: Farming Microsoft billionaire announced a new direction as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries
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Deal reached on US economic plan
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| Jan.20 |
Venezuela |
Chavez to farmers: Sell within Venezuela
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| Jan.13 |
European Union |
EU rethinks biofuels guidelines
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| Dec.21 |
 Japan |
Humpback whale hunt halted Japan has 'temporarily halted' its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica
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| Dec.7 |
Kenya |
Kenya battles swarms of locusts
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| Nov.17 |
Japan |
Japanese whalers hunt humpbacks
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| Sep.5 |
Zimbabwe |
Flour shortage warning
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| Aug.24 |
Canada |
Wheat prices reach record level
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| Aug.23 |
European Union |
EU lifts ban on Brit meat exports
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| Aug.8 |
England |
UK eases foot-and-mouth farm ban
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| Aug.6 |
England |
UK disease outbreak prompts ban
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Fans receive final Potter book
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| Feb.12 |
Japan |
Japan in commercial whaling push Pro-whaling countries are meeting to plot a path towards lifting the moratorium on commercial whaling
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
US body backs sale of cloned food The Food and Drug Administration: Meat and milk from cloned animals is safe for human consumption
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| Jun.18 |
Caribbean |
Resolution passes to resume whaling
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| Dec.21 |
European Union |
EU quotas bring modest fish cuts
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| Dec.18 |
 Hong Kong |
 WTO seals farms deal| Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 | |
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| Oct.25 |
European Union |
Ban on imports of live birds
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| Jul.11 |
South Korea |
Seoul boosts food aid to N. Korea
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Millions gather for Live 8 concert
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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| Jan.5 |
USA |
US envoys bid to ease BSE fears
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| Dec.23 |
USA |
Mad cow disease confirmed In the first wave of response, Japan and South Korea are immediately banning all U.S. beef imports
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| Aug.15 |
Liberia |
Relief food ship docks
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| Jun.23 |
Washington |
US in new global GM push
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| May.20 |
Canada |
Mad cow disease reported
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| Dec.5 |
Iraq |
U.N. extends Iraq oil, food plan
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