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		<title>Munich Re, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, E.ON &amp; Others to Join 400 Billion Euro Solar Project</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2009/06/16/474/munich-re-deutsche-bank-siemens-eon-others-to-join-400-billion-euro-solar-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of German firms has answered a call to study making an investment of 400 billion € in solar energy across North Africa. The plan, initiated by the Club of Rome, which has been promoting sustainable development and sustainable economic growth practices, since 1972. ]]></description>
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		<title>India Impacted by Rise in Food Insecurity Worldwide, Deteriorating Economic Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are over 230 million people suffering from hunger or undernourishment in India. No other nation has so many people suffering chronic malnutrition, and the undernourished in India represent 27% of the worldwide hunger-stricken population. While India's economy develops and the potential for an expanded middle class takes root, the total number of Indians going hungry has risen, despite the overall percentage of undernourished, as part of the whole population, having been reduced in recent years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flawed International Farm Seed Rules Establish Permanent Spread of Patented GM Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/12/17/287/flawed-international-farm-seed-rules-establish-permanent-spread-of-patented-gm-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-running bellwether legal case in Canada's farming industry, which has left at least one farmer unable to farm any crop variety of rapeseed (canola) —for fear of having to pay accidental royalties to bio-chemical giant Monsanto—, highlights the need for comprehensive reform of international seed regulation standards. The Canadian courts ruled that the individual farmer had to shoulder the burden of ferreting out any instance of "contamination" of his crop by pollen from nearby genetically-modified (GM) planting, as Monsanto held a patent on the seeds. The farmer, and those who support his claims, argue that there is no means by which anyone can prevent cross-pollination from GM plants. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cholera Epidemic Spreads in Zimbabwe, as Health Services Collapse (video)</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/12/13/271/cholera-epidemic-spreads-in-zimbabwe-as-health-services-collapse-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spread of cholera due to Zimbabwe’s foundering hygienic infrastructure is reaching crisis proportions. UNICEF is calling for an emergency fund of $17.5 million to fight the spread of cholera in Zimbabwe, calling the outbreak “a cholera crisis of unprecedented levels”. With 13,960 cases already declared and an estimated 589 dead to date, the UN warns upwards of 60,000 people could become infected if drastic and immediate action is not taken to contain the epidemic. ]]></description>
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		<title>Poznan Climate Conference Seeks Consensus on Emissions Reductions, Climate Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/12/11/225/poznan-climate-conference-seeks-consensus-on-emissions-reductions-climate-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The climate change conference currently underway in Poznan, Poland, seeks to build on the Bali agreement, adopted by 180 countries in 2007, in hopes of achieving a global emissions regime. A sweeping economic downturn overtaking North America and Europe, and now hitting China's manufacturing and export base, it is feared, will hamper efforts to implement comprehensive green industrial and economic reforms. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Million May Be at Risk of Starvation in Zimbabwe, Says WFP</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/11/14/209/5-million-may-be-at-risk-of-starvation-in-zimbabwe-says-wfp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denver Lessing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that shortfalls in food aid to Zimbabwe could leave as many as 5.1 million people at risk of starvation by early next year. The southern African nation, beset by incomprehensible rates of inflation and an agricultural crisis, is now facing what may be the single most severe food security crisis in the world. WFP has made the announcement in conjunction with a cut in aid to Zimbabwe, due to lack of funding and a failed drive to raise funds to increase aid to the troubled state. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food price crisis: more complex than first thought &amp; putting food beyond the reach of the planet&#8217;s poor</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/19/188/food-price-crisis-more-complex-than-first-thought-and-putting-food-beyond-the-reach-of-the-planets-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food prices are skyrocketing. Initially, many put the blame on the rising demand of biofuels in the transport sector, but bio-ethanol is far from the only thing driving up food prices. New diets, soaring oil prices and climate change are all in the complex soup of explanations behind the recent development putting food beyond the reach of the planet’s poor. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Insecurity &amp; Failing States</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/12/173/food-insecurity-failing-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jr3o</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the concluding half of the last century, the world was making steady progress in reducing hunger, but during the transition into the new century, the tide began to turn. In February 2007, James Morris, head of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), announced that 18,000 children are now dying each day from hunger and related causes. For perspective, this loss of young lives in one day is almost five times U.S. combat deaths in Iraq through four years of fighting. Although these huge numbers of dying children may be an abstraction, each represents a young life ended far too soon. ]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge on Food Front: Business-as-Usual Not a Viable Option</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/06/23/138/challenge-on-food-front-business-as-usual-not-a-viable-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jr3o</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs. Over the past half-century grain prices have spiked from time to time because of weather-related events, such as the 1972 Soviet crop failure that led to a doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices. The situation today is entirely different, however. The current doubling of grain prices is trend-driven, the cumulative effect of some trends that are accelerating growth in demand and other trends that are slowing the growth in supply. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Riots Spread Across the World as Soaring Prices Impact Poor Areas</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/05/10/114/food-riots-spread-across-the-world-as-soaring-prices-impact-poor-areas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food riots from Haiti to west Africa, Egypt and the Philippines, in recent weeks, have sparked concern among policy-makers, diplomats and economists, that the current state of the global food supply is so precarious that such violence will spread and political and economic instability could follow. Concerns about the American economy, home to most productive grain-producing region in the world, and a shift to biofuels there, could mean added difficulty in bringing food prices down. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosystem Services-Based Farming in Ethiopia Increases Crop Yields &amp; Empowers Women</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/21/117/ecosystem-services-based-farming-in-ethiopia-increases-crop-yields-and-empowers-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/21/117/ecosystem-services-based-farming-in-ethiopia-increases-crop-yields-and-empowers-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tigray Project in northern Ethiopia sounds too good to be true. It is said to demonstrate how sustainable agriculture can lead to increased crop yields, raised water tables, improved soil fertility, increased incomes and empowering of women. The government has now adopted the project’s approach for combating land degradation and poverty in the whole country. SDU went there to check out if the project is as good as rumour has it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Riots in Haiti, Protests in El Salvador, as Corn Prices Skyrocket</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/09/112/food-riots-in-haiti-protests-in-el-salvador-as-corn-prices-skyrocket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/09/112/food-riots-in-haiti-protests-in-el-salvador-as-corn-prices-skyrocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a period of roughly 18 months, the price of corn across central American markets has doubled, making staple foodstuffs too expensive for many in the region. Today, what is described as an "angry mob" of protesters suffering food scarcity attacked the government palace in Port-au-Prince; UN peacekeepers responded by firing teargas, while food markets remained closed throughout. ]]></description>
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		<title>Price of Rice Doubles on World Markets, Undermining Asian Stability</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/29/89/price-of-rice-doubles-on-world-markets-undermining-asian-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/29/89/price-of-rice-doubles-on-world-markets-undermining-asian-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rice is a basic food staple for nearly half the world's population. The world's two most populous nations, China and India, depend heavily on the grain for basic sustenance, and for economic stability. The price of rice has doulbed in the last 3 months, causing concern about potential for conflict along Asian border regions. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Supply Restoration &amp; Security: Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/23/86/food-supply-restoration-security-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/23/86/food-supply-restoration-security-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Crisis Policy Forum, the HotSpring collaborative innovation initiative is now planning an effort to tackle the problem of food supply management and chronic food and water scarcity in Africa. The lessons from this experiment in collaborative research will be applicable in many cases to other situations around the world, and we are open to spurring dialogue in those areas as outgrowths of this ongoing discussion. ]]></description>
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		<title>Darfur Scene of Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing, Largest UN Peacekeeping Force Deployed</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/10/04/71/darfur-scene-of-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-largest-un-peacekeeping-force-deployed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/10/04/71/darfur-scene-of-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-largest-un-peacekeeping-force-deployed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darfur, beset by years of bloody internecine violence, with the Khartoum-backed janjaweed militia killing civilians in numbers the US government has officially declared to be genocide, is still struggling to find a real beginning for peace. For years, human rights groups have pleaded with the international community to intervene, with or without the support of the Khartoum government. Finally, in August, the UN Security Council ordered the world's largest peacekeeping mission to secure Darfur.]]></description>
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		<title>The Elders Initiative, an Effort to Infuse Wisdom into Global Policy &amp; Conflict Resolution</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/09/30/70/the-elders-initiative-an-effort-to-infuse-wisdom-into-global-policy-conflict-resolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/09/30/70/the-elders-initiative-an-effort-to-infuse-wisdom-into-global-policy-conflict-resolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elders is a humanitarian initiative led by South African archibishop Desmond Tutu and former South African pres. Nelson Mandela, designed to bring the African "village elders" concept to the global village, in an effort to defuse flashpoint crisis situations and speed responsible policy-making. Its foundations are the basic principles of human rights and the experience and credibility of the group's emissaries.]]></description>
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		<title>Water Resource Stress: Global Economic-Ecological Factor for the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/09/19/63/water-resource-stress-global-economic-ecological-factor-for-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2007/09/19/63/water-resource-stress-global-economic-ecological-factor-for-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water is one of the "fundamental building-blocks of life", as is often said in science, in biology classrooms, in medicine, theology, environmental policy debates, and in cosmology and space exploration. It is also a commodity whose economic reality is increasingly defined by chronic scarcity and often intensely uneven distribution.]]></description>
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