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Global Hunger to Rise with Global Temperatures, Oxfam Report Suggests
2013-09-23 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A hotter world is a hungrier world, according to a report warning that climate change could leave millions more hungry and malnourished in coming decades. The paper, issued by the charity Oxfam, argues that the threat of climate change on food security is "much broader" than generally examined, "hitting incomes, food quality and human health in ways that are not yet well understood." The cycle laid out in the report of declining yields and food quality leading to rising food prices is one that...
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Hunger Seen Worsening by Oxfam as Climate Change Heats Up World
2013-09-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: World hunger is expected to worsen as climate change hurts crop production and disrupts incomes, with food-price spikes due to extreme weather set to increase, charity Oxfam said. The number of people at risk of hunger may climb by 10 percent to 20 percent by 2050 as a result of climate change, with daily per-capita calorie availability falling across the world, Oxfam wrote in an e-mailed report today. The world risks cataclysmic changes caused by extreme heat waves, rising sea levels and depleted...
Oxfam income falls in 'tough' year
2013-07-24 01:12:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Oxfam's income falls 17.6m to 367.9m in the year to 31 March with its two main sources of money, shops and fundraising, down on the previous year.
Letter: Oxfam is unfair with its analysis of Kellogg's business practices
2013-03-08 15:59:22| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Kellogg Co. has long been a valuable member of Michigan's agricultural industry that provides jobs and economic growth for Michigan and also supports the state by investing heavily in research and education.
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Oxfam thanks food industry for 'bland' and 'complacent' response to damning CSR report
2013-03-02 05:30:57| Beverages - Topix.net
Oxfam will step up its campaign to improve the treatment of people and resources that form part of the supply chain of the world's biggest food conglomerates, after it cast industry responses to its damning Behind the Brands report as 'bland' and 'complacent'. The NGO's report ranked 10 firms including Unilever, Danone and Mars on supply chain ... (more)
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