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A Russian Perspective on the Food Crisis

... food security, preventing Ukrainian agricultural exports by sea, and blocking the sowing campaign in that country. It’s time to put an end to these speculations. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there is currently no physical shortage of food in the world. But there are issues with the distribution of agro-industrial goods and their delivery to consumers. Back in 2020, the UN warned of the risks of a growing ...

17.06.2022

BRICS and food security

... food security set-up. Food security and the BRICS may be realigned or rebranded or just fade away to accommodate changes brought on by younger leaders and online social media. The United States. A pittance for food and water infrastructure In the United States food security is “at risk.” There are debilitating droughts in the Sacramento Valley agricultural region and the strategic water network that provides hydroelectric power and water to much of the West via the Colorado River. Bill Gates shrugs ...

08.05.2015

BRICS… More Hungry For Power Than Food?

... and testing direct planting methods and their work is paying off. Brazil now has more than 25 million hectares under direct planting cultivation, just one million less than the United States. Why can’t it can pay off for other BRICS too? Two UN Food and Agriculture agency (FAO) charts at the bottom of this article with a link you can cut and paste into your browser offer lists of those who have adapted, and how much land in hectares globally have been transformed. The overall study that generated ...

01.09.2013

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