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Crisis - Feeding a Hungry World
         


VOA reports on challenges posed to agriculture, infrastructure, and national and international organizations amid a growing food crisis

Read a recent live Web Chat Transcript with Jennifer Parmalee of the World Food Program, to discuss the food crisis.

 

         

Executive Director of the World Food Program Josette Sheeran (r) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., 14 May 2008
US Senate Panel Considers Response to Global Food Crisis  Video clip available
World Food Program Executive Director tells US lawmakers food crisis is world's most important security issue
 
Border guard sells rice at government subsidized outlet at Nawabganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11 Apr 2008
A child with an empty plate in Abuja, Nigeria (2006 file photo)
Twenty percent of the U.S. corn crop goes into ethanol production
Josette Sheeran, 22 Apr 2008

 

  More Information

  red bullet  FAO Early Warning System 

  red bullet  US Agency for International Development

  red bullet  UN World Food Programme

 
 
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