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World wakes up to food challenge |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 13:51 |
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By David Loyn
International development correspondent, BBC News
On World Food Day in 2007, the early warning signs that something serious was about to happen to food prices were already apparent.
Crop forecasts from big producers at opposite ends of the world last October - Canada and Australia - were disastrous. Both countries were in the grip of drought. A steady rise in food prices began, spurred by oil price rises that were the most rapid since the early 1970s, knocking on to higher transport costs and fertiliser prices for food producers.
The unprecedented spike in food price rises in January was led by steadily increasing demand, particularly from hundreds of millions of newly rich in the rapidly growing economies of Asia, who wanted to eat better food than their parents had been able to afford. |
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Thailand's misguided rice policy |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 13:45 |
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By Jonathan Head
BBC News, Bangkok
The first rains of the year have been falling for a couple of months now in Thailand’s often dry north-east, and farmers are out most days in the freshly-flooded fields, transplanting young jasmine rice seedlings. They work quickly, bent over double, expertly spacing the seedlings in the silt. But it is back-breaking work. And although jasmine is one of the most highly-prized rice varieties – it is grown almost exclusively in north-eastern Thailand – the farmers in this region are some of the poorest people in the country, most of them mired in debt. |
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How Americans Got into a Credit-Card Mess |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 09:24 |
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By Barbara Kiviat Saturday, Aug. 08, 2009  Americans have a long, sordid history with borrowed money. In Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America, Charles Geisst, a professor of finance at Manhattan College, takes us through the centuries to explain how we wound up at our most recent — and spectacular — credit bubble. TIME's Barbara Kiviat spoke with him. |
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Sugar price reaches 28-year high |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 12:13 |
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 The price of raw sugar has increased to its highest level since 1981, as supply concerns grow. Raw sugar futures added 3% on Monday, to finish the day at 22 cents a pound. "The main problem is a deficit in sugar supplies," said Nick Penney, a trader with Sucden Financial, a firm that focuses on sugar trading. |
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Watching TV: Even Worse for Kids Than You Think |
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Thursday, 06 August 2009 08:31 |
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By Alice Park Tuesday, Aug. 04, 2009 
It's no secret that sedentary behavior contributes to obesity and chronically poor health. But not all sedentary behaviors are created equal, according to a new study that examines the link between blood pressure in children and their choice of inactive pastimes, including watching TV, using the computer and reading.
Researchers in the U.S. and Spain collaborated on the study of 111 children ages 3 to 8 and found that of all the forms of inactivity they examined, television-viewing was the worst. It was linked to significantly higher blood pressure in children — the more TV kids watched, the higher their blood pressure — and the effect held true regardless of whether a child was heavy or at a healthy weight. What's more, other sedentary behaviors, like using a computer, were not associated with similar blood-pressure hikes, according to the study, which was published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. |
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