January 2009
Foresight: Food Security
Article by C. Madramootoo and H. Fyles on Food Security
Publication of the 苹果淫院 Centre for Developing Area Studies
October 2008
Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Price Crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief 7.
FOOD CONFERENCE
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM), Professor Daniel Uza has called on Nigerians to learn from the lessons of its past failures and plan very well to achieve self sufficiency in food production by the year 2020. He said this in a paper titled, "Food Security Policies and Programmes in Nigeria", delivered at an International Conference on Food Security at the 苹果淫院 in Montreal, Canada.
Linking International Agricultural Research Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Poverty Alleviation:What Works?
A working paper from the Center for International Development, Harvard University
(FAO website link)
Download full document ( The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 )
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
October 15, 2008
BBC News
BBC News
More investment will be needed in farm sector
DAWN, Lahore, Pakistan
World food day messages from Pakistani officials
DAWN, Lahore, Pakistan
October 1, 2008
The Wst Island Chronicle
September 30, 2008
The Developing World Food Crisis . Article by Donald L. Smith.
Madramootoo cites "decline in investment" as a factor in crisis.
苹果淫院's Global Food Security Conference began last Wednesday in the Mount-Royal Centre ballroom with a public lecture that included a speech by Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, the vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Former prime minister emphasizes need to put a face on the crisis.
September 27, 2008
La crise alimentaire mondiale a jet茅 une lumi猫re crue sur l'urgent besoin d'investissement massifs et a long terme pour un r茅volution agricole arc-en-ciel, a conclu hier une conf茅rence internationale organis茅e par l'Universit茅 苹果淫院.
September 26, 2008
Experts in agriculture, nutrition and food are gathered at 苹果淫院 in Montreal to discuss the global food crisis facing the world.
An impressive array of international experts gets down to work at 苹果淫院 this morning to tackle the global food crisis.
L'aide d'urgence, pas une solution
Bien qu'elle fasse moins les manchettes, la crise alimentaire mondiale est loin de s'锚tre r茅sorb茅e. Les derniers bilans font 茅tat de plus de gens qui ont faim et les sp茅cialistes annoncent maintenant que la situation durera encore plusieurs mois, au moins. Et que faisons-nous? Nous 茅teignons des feux.
苹果淫院's International Conference on Global Food Security was hailed today as a resounding success by participants, as the three-day event came to a conclusion.
Former prime minister Joe Clark urged Canada on Thursday to use its strong standing on the world stage to help in the flight against the global food crisis.
Floods, pestilence, war, drought and skyrocketing fuel prices combined this year to create the perfect storm of conditions which are squeezing the world's...
September 23, 2008
Food Security for Africa .
Long-term food security: investing in people and livelihoods
Five-year strategic framework on food security for Africa 2008 鈥� 2012
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
September 18, 2008
苹果淫院's upcoming Conference on Global Food Securitiy (Sept. 24-26) has attracted a long list of important players in key organizations around the world to discuss solutions to a problem that might have fallen off media radar screens, but which has not gone away.
September 16, 2008
苹果淫院's Macdonald Campus, home to the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, is behind the Global Food Security conference being held downtown next week.
September 11, 2008
Guyana is taking positive steps to promote its agricultural products overseas and to this end Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud and a contingent from the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) will travel to Canada.
September 10, 2008
On top of being one of the nation's leading philanthropists and a long-time supporter of 苹果淫院, Seymour Schulich has impeccable timing. With final preparations under way for the 苹果淫院 Conference on Global Food Security, Schulich has presented the University with a gift of $5 million to create fellowships for graduate students in several disciplines, including the agricultural sciences.
September 5, 2008
Meeting the Challenge of Higher Food and Fuel Prices in Africa
August 19, 2008
Responding to the Global Food Price Crisis , a technical paper from
August 2008
The Human Right to Food and the Global Food Crisis: Root Causes and Responses
A special United Nations Webcast took place on August 29, organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Department of Public Information, the NGO Committee on Human Rights and the Permanent Missions of Cuba and Malawi.
View , and select the webcast for August 29, 2008.
No food without water
The recent World Food Summit, held in Rome by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), provided a forum for active debate about the role of high oil prices, biofuels, changing consumption patterns and erratic weather in driving up the prices of basic foods.
July 2008
Farm Foundation - Issue Report, July 2008
What's Driving Food Prices
CBC News
International Monetary Fund
FAO Newsroom
The Gazette
Monday, June 30, 2008
Joyce Fairbairn
The Gazette
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Andrew Stern
June 2008
Hunger and the Pursuit of Profit. Food System in Crisis
La faim et le profit. Crise du syst猫me alimentaire
The Gazette
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Marian Scott
The Gazette
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Marian Scott
The Globe and Mail
Friday, June 6, 2008
Lennart B氓ge
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Globe and Mail
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie
The Gazette
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
We need massive reinvestment in agricultural research
Chandra A. Madramootoo
The Gazette
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Christopher Ragan
The Gazette
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Margaret Munro
The Gazette
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Margaret Munro
Financial Post
Friday, May 2, 2008
Randall Palmer
The Globe and Mail
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Geoffrey York
The Globe and Mail
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sinclair Stewart
The Gazette
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Marian Scott
The Gazette
Friday, April 25, 2008
Jeff Heinrich
