Bali
By
Balidiscovery.com
Recent changes in custom duties charged on imported food and beverage and burdensome certification requirements for foreign food stuffs threaten to soon find the shelves of many specialty food stores
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Food Crisis
By
Nelson Alcantara
The United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has said the ongoing Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Hokkaido, Japan, is a chance to end the global food crisis.
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Seychelles Food Crisis
By
Alain St. Ange
VICTORIA, Seychelles (eTN) -
The Seychelles speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Patrick Herminie, has rejected a request from the opposition party to hold an emergency session to discuss the food prices increase. The request was made when the National Assembly was in recess.
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Food Crisis
By
Nelson Alcantara l eTN
The looming food crisis has been predicted to become the tipping point of a shift in certain economics. Some experts project those countries with abundant supply of certain food items will move upwards in the economic ladder.
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Economic Slowdown
By
Hazel Heyer l Special to eTN
Professor Norbert Walter, chief economist of Deutsche Bank Group and head of Deutsche Bank Research, is worried about the present. “When times are critical for the world economy, except for Russia, the world lacks dependable leaders. When the economy is a problem, social issues and environment also pose a grave problem.
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Food Crisis
By
Yusof Sulaiman
(eTN) - The cost of agricultural commodities has leaped to record highs and supply of daily foodstuffs such as rice, wheat, cereals, meat, eggs and dairy products has become scare, begging the question: Is climate change, droughts and floods in the Asian region to blame for the growing tensions over shortages of food?
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