Tag Archive 'Food Crisis'

Let them Eat Cheese.

Posted by gargi on 07 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: International, Politics, Society

.. the most powerful leaders of the most powerful nations, met to discuss the Global Food Crisis. and they of course had cheese — it was part of the 6th course — of 8 courses..
You would think that in the modern world, it would be possible for 8 leaders of 8 nations (even 16 [...]

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Who Eats What and Where !

Posted by gargi on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: India, Media, Print, TV

The day after news channels and politicians got their combined knickers in a twist about George Bush’s comments on India’s food consumption contributing to rising prices some interesting stats :
Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture for 2007 say each Indian eats only 178 kg of grain in a year, while a [...]

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