World news about “Food crisis” published by euronews.
Insects food of the future Is this the shape of food to come? Most Westerners would be disgusted at the idea of this being a staple food, but for many in the third world bugs and… 13/05/2013
EU unwraps new food labelling rules The European Commission wants to tighten food labelling rules in the wake of the recent horsemeat scandal. The issue came to light in January when it… 06/05/2013
Somalia famine ‘left more than a quarter of a million people dead’ More than a quarter of a million people died because of the severe famine that struck Somalia between 2010 and 2012, says the UN. The report, published in… 02/05/2013
More bird flu deaths in China The death toll from a new strain of bird flu in China has risen to six. Authorities in Shanghai slaughtered birds at a poultry market in the city after the… 05/04/2013
Food safety after horse meat scandal Question from Estelle, Brussels: “After the horse meat scandal, what is Europe doing to ensure food safety?” Answer by Monique Goyens, Director General… 05/04/2013
EU Development Days open with focus on hunger in Africa This year’s opening of the European Development Days coincides with World Food Day – an occasion to remind us that around one billion people face hunger… 16/10/2012
Micronutrients against malnutrition In a part of southern Kenya where malnutrition is rife, Stanley is an active three year old boy. Along with hundreds of other Kenyan youngsters, he is part… 03/10/2012
MEPs back plans to curb food speculators In Brussels, the European parliament backed new plans this week to clamp down on so called food speculation. Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, campaigners held… 27/09/2012
‘Good Food March’ protest for radical farming reform – nocomment Hundreds of people gathered in Brussels to call for changes to the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe. 20/09/2012
Syria suffers food shortages – nocomment The conflict in Syria has led to a shortage of essential supplies, with lengthy queues for basics such as bread becoming the norm. In Suran, north of Aleppo… 16/08/2012
US biofuel policy a threat to global food supply The UN’s Food Agency has stepped up pressure on the United States to change its biofuel policy due to fear over a World Food Crisis. 40 percent of the … 10/08/2012
Food crisis warning as prices surge The United Nation’s food agency is warning the world could face a drought-fuelled food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08. Food prices surged in July after… 09/08/2012
In vitro meat Dutch scientist Mark Post hopes that he will be able to produce the world’s first test-tube burger later this year. He says it will look, and taste identical… 23/02/2012
What will you be eating in the future? Alex Taylor, Euronews presenter: “What are we going to eat tomorrow? To what extent should the EU take a close look at what is on our plates? ‘Apart from… 03/02/2012
What does the EU do for consumers? What happens if we fall ill in Europe? Do we have the right to go to the country next door if the doctors are better or if the medicines are cheaper? What… 03/11/2011
Tackling speculators on food prices Klaus Töpfer had already found his calling before he saw people in Kenya trying to make food grow in poor, dry earth. His field is the environment, energy… 11/10/2011
Red Cross urges global food price action To discuss the international concerns of feeding the world’s populations, euronews spoke to Matthias Schmale, a senior official with the Red Cross Federation… 22/09/2011
Malnourished refugees in the Horn of AfricaA severely malnourished refugee girl from Buale in Somalia, holds a cup inside a ward at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic at the Hagadera… 30/07/2011
Malnourished children near Somali border – nocomment As the famine in southern Somalia continues, another malnourished child arrived at the German International Cooperation hospital at a refugee camp in Dadaab… 24/07/2011
Hunger in the Horn of Africa The exodus of Somali refugees into Kenya and Ethiopia is getting worse by the day. Most arrive exhausted. Over 8,500 Somalis have come to Kenya since the… 14/07/2011
Soaring food prices – who’s to blame? At the recent G20 Agriculture summit in Paris, protesters outside the venue chanted “Markets – leave our food alone” as high prices put millions at risk of… 27/06/2011
G20 agrees farm deal, but not commodities regulation Farm ministers from the G20, the world’s largest economies, have agreed on ways to tackle high food prices at a conference in Paris. But it was a… 23/06/2011
How do we stop the world going hungry? To get some perspective on the problems of rising food prices and the effect this is having worldwide, euronews spoke to Laurent Levard of GRET, an NGO that… 22/06/2011
Vegetables for free in Spain – nocomment Spanish farmers association COAG handed out tons of fruit and vegetables in Madrid to draw attention to their plight. 08/06/2011
Deadly E. coli sews confusion German health officials still do not know the source of an E. coli bacteria outbreak which has killed 16 people, though they said infections had increased… 01/06/2011
E. coli toll on produce growers All over Europe, people have lost their appetite for fresh vegetables, no matter where they have been grown. A Berlin open air market was bereft of its… 01/06/2011
E. coli is sinking cucumber growers A fresh Dutch harvest of 30,000 cucumbers today is destined for the rubbish bin. Europe’s deadly E. coli outbreak has producers facing ruin. Their market has… 31/05/2011
Spain blasts German E. coli stance Europe’s number one producer of cucumbers, Spain, has slammed Germany, after Berlin cast its suspicions on Spanish exports linked to the deadly E. coli… 30/05/2011
Highly toxic substance found in animal feed in GermanyAuthorities say thousands of farms in northern Germany have been supplied with corn feed contaminated by a highly toxic substance. Aflatoxin B1 is a… 01/03/2013
Now Nestle finds horsemeat in beef mealsThe world’s biggest foodmaker confirmed on Tuesday it was the latest firm to be touched by the horsemeat scandal. Nestle removed beef pasta meals under the… 19/02/2013
Nestle is drawn into the horsemeat scandalSwiss-based Nestle has become the latest company to find itself embroiled in the horsemeat-for-beef scandal sweeping Europe. The world’s biggest food… 19/02/2013
French firm accused of selling horse has ban partially liftedSpanghero, the French meat company accused by the French government of knowingly selling horsemeat, has had the ban on its licence partially lifted. Union… 19/02/2013
EU wants tougher labelling on meat productsGermany is carrying out tests on meat and meat products as supermarkets in North Rhine-Westphalia removed suspicious products from shelves as the horsemeat… 13/02/2013
Romania defends meat trade as search for horsemeat continuesRomania has defended its abattoirs and a probe has cleared two producers suspected of relabelling horsemeat as beef. The journey from slaughterhouse to… 13/02/2013
UK police raid two firms in horsemeat scandalBritish police have raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processor suspected of selling horsemeat as beef. It is the latest development on the widening… 13/02/2013
Greek food bank struggles to meet surging demandFor many Greeks, 2013 is likely to bring further financial hardship. In the port city of Patras, a food bank is now helping 1,000 families who are… 02/01/2013
Spain: no work, no money, no scavengingThe Spanish city of Girona has decided to lock supermarket rubbish bins to stop people scavenging for food. Products past their sell by date are thrown away… 08/08/2012
Drought threatens world food price risesKeeping the huge fields of America’s bread basket healthy and productive is proving to be a growing problem for farmers. The Midwest is in the grip of its… 06/08/2012
G8 looks to private sector for help fighting hungerThe leaders of the world’s industrial powers are calling on the private sector to help fight hunger and malnutrition in the developing world. The G8 has… 19/05/2012
Rising food prices could threaten millionsHigh oil prices and adverse weather conditions have caused a major hike in the cost of what we eat. Latest figures show that in the last three months world… 26/04/2012
Nations meet to discuss famine crisis in AfricaA UN conference has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, aimed at exploring ways to deal with the drought and famine ravaging the Horn of… 08/09/2011
UN gives stark warning about Somalia famineFamine in Somalia has spread to engulf three quarters of the country’s regions according to the United Nations. Four million Somalis are now going hungry. The… 06/09/2011
Rights group blames all sides in Somali crisisEnd war crimes to help tackle famine – that is plea comes from Human Rights Watch. It says all parties to Somalia’s armed conflict have violated the laws of… 15/08/2011
Somalia to Dadaab: Mimouna’s journeyMimouna, an elderly Somali woman, fled famine and civil war back home for the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. There was no help for her… 09/08/2011
Somali famine spreads across other regionsThe UN says the famine gripping parts of southern Somalia has spread to three new areas of the country. Officials estimate the entire south is likely to be… 04/08/2011
Somalia’s fight against famine and rebelsThe United Nations is warning the whole of conflict and drought-ridden Somalia is heading into famine – a crisis made worse by the refusal of Islamist… 31/07/2011
Aid workers struggle with Somali refugee influxAid agencies at the Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border with Somalia said on Saturday they were scrambling to provide medical help to the thousands of… 30/07/2011
UN to begin food airlift for starving SomaliaHabibo weighs just six kilos and doctors at a refugee camp in Kenya are battling to save her life. Like millions more in drought-hit East Africa, she is… 26/07/2011
Famine threatens a generation in Horn of AfricaHabibo is a little one-year-old Somali girl. She weighs six kilos, she is nearly blind through malnutrition, and she is battling against death. She has… 25/07/2011
UN warns of ‘urgency’ in famine-hit SomaliaThe UN on Thursday warned of the “acute urgency” to help the Horn of Africa after the world body officially declared a famine in southern Somalia. More than… 22/07/2011
UN to declare a famine in SomaliaThe UN is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia signalling donors need to provide more aid. The organisation’s food agency is to host a meeting… 20/07/2011
EU bans Egyptian seeds due to deadly E. coliSome beans and seeds from Egypt have been banned from being imported into the EU as they are suspected of causing the deadly E. coli outbreak across Europe… 06/07/2011
Warnings grow over the future of food pricesFor the vast majority of the world’s population eating is not a problem. But for some, around 15 percent, it is a daily struggle. And it gets worse during… 22/06/2011
French e-coli case put into comaOne of seven children in northern France still infected with a dangerous strain of E.coli bacteria has been put into a coma as doctors struggle to save his… 18/06/2011
Five children sick in e-coli outbreak in FranceBeef burger meat bought at a supermarket in France is suspected of being behind an outbreak of e-coli bacteria. Five children are in a serious condition in… 16/06/2011
German faith in cucumbers unshakeableSome people will go to sickening lengths to prove a point. So it was with three Germans who scoffed as many cucumbers as they could in five minutes in front… 14/06/2011
Bean sprouts cause of e-coli says GermanyWhile you should still be careful about bean sprouts, it seems it is safe to go back to eating salads again. Europe’s month-long e-coli scare left at least 33… 11/06/2011
Beansprouts could be cause of E.coli outbreakGerman hospitals are struggling to deal with the overwhelming flow of E.coli patients. The outbreak began three weeks ago in the northern port of Hamburg… 05/06/2011
Hope that E.coli infections are slowingDespite almost 200 new cases in Germany in the first two days of this month alone, infection rates of the virulent strain of E.coli are said to be… 04/06/2011
Hopes for new E.Coli treatmentDoctors in Germany are hoping a new anti-body therapy will be effective in treating the deadly E.Coli bug that has so far killed 19 people. 199 new cases… 04/06/2011
E.coli killer bug is new strainThe E.coli outbreak in Europe is caused by a new, highly infectious and toxic strain of the bacteria that contains genes that protect the organism from… 02/06/2011
Russia bans EU veg importsRussia has banned all imports of fresh vegetables from the European Union as the diplomatic fallout from the mystery E.coli outbreak ratchets up a… 02/06/2011
E.coli mystery spreads concern across EuropeThe European Commission has lifted its alert over Spanish cucumbers and a fatal E.coli scare. But scientists are no nearer discovering the source of the… 02/06/2011
Europe trades blame over deadly E.coli bugAn international row has erupted over the source of Germany’s fatal E. coli outbreak which has now claimed 16 lives. The death toll also includes the first… 31/05/2011
Cucumber sales plummet as E.coli fears spreadShoppers across Europe are growing more and more concerned by the deadly E. coli outbreak, which has claimed 15 lives and made more than 1,000 people ill in… 31/05/2011
Spain says Germany must pay for cucumber damageSo far, 15 people have died in Germany because of the E. coli outbreak that has shaken European agriculture. Last week Germany implicated cucumbers imported… 31/05/2011
Spain denies its cucumbers cause of deadly E. coli bugAlmost all of Europe has stopped buying Spanish fruit and vegetables, worsening the country’s economic crisis according to its export federation. It follows… 31/05/2011
German E.Coli outbreak expected to spreadFears are growing that an E.coli breakout in northern Germany which has now claimed 14 lives could worsen before the week is out. Contaminated raw… 31/05/2011
Germany E.coli death toll rises to 14At least 14 people are now known to have been killed by a deadly outbreak of the E.coli virus in Germany. Hundreds more have been taken seriously ill and… 30/05/2011
More die in German E.coli scareIn Germany, at least ten people have now died and three hundred have been taken ill after contracting a rare and virulent form of E.coli blamed on… 29/05/2011
German E. coli linked to Spanish cucumbersCucumbers imported from Spain may be the source of an outbreak of E. coli in Germany. Three out of four of the vegetables in an organic shipment carried the… 27/05/2011
Dangerous E-coli strain found in GermanyPublic health officials in Germany are trying to discover the source of an outbreak of E-Coli which has killed two people and made at least 300 others… 24/05/2011
