Le arance sono pagate in media 27 centesimi al chilo nelle campagne, in calo rispetto allo scorso anno e al di sotto dei costi di produzione, ma il prezzo moltiplica fino a 1,55 euro al chilo sul banco dei consumatori con ricarichi del 474% dal campo alla tavola.
La Comunità europea ha elaborato e pubblicato sulla Gazzetta ufficiale europea di oggi il regolamento relativo alle statistiche sui pesticidi (che entrerà in vigore fra venti giorni): un regolamento che si pone come obiettivo quello di istituire un quadro di riferimento comune per la produzione sistematica di statistiche comunitarie sulla immissione sul mercato e sull'uso dei pesticidi.
Few companies excite such extreme emotions as Monsanto. To its critics, the agricultural giant is a corporate hybrid of Victor Frankenstein and Ebenezer Scrooge, using science to create foods that threaten the health of both people and the planet, and intellectual-property laws to squeeze every last penny out of the world’s poor.
L’ Indice globale della fame, realizzato dall ’International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) di Washington, l’ONG tedesca Welthungerhilfe e l’ONG
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) host the third World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy, 16-18 November 2009. Heads of State and Government attending the Summit will seek to strengthen commitment from world leaders to take urgent action to eradicate hunger throughout the world and to improve governance structures across the national, regional and international levels to achieve this goal. Four round table discussions will address issues related to: impacts of the food, economic and financial crises on food security; global governance reforms; climate change adaptation and mitigation; and rural development, smallholder farms and trade considerations. The Summit was built on several preparatory meetings, including the High-Level Conference on How to Feed the World in 2050, and the 35th session of the Committee on World Food Security, both held in Rome in October 2009. Private sector representatives, parliamentarians, and NGO and civil society representatives each hold pre-Summit Forums.