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FAO news - Tight cereal markets as food prices increase again
Recent oil price surge adds to concerns over high food prices
3 March 2011, Rome - Global food prices increased for the eighth consecutive month in February, with prices of all commodity groups monitored rising again, except for sugar, FAO said today.
EC consultation on Bioeconomy in Europe, EC 22.2.2011, deadline 2 May 2011
“Directorate-General for Research and Innovation launched public consultation &qu
Full EPSO Newsletters from Feb 2009-Feb 2010 available to non-members
Full version newsletters available to non-members - from February 2009-February 2010
Major international research initiative launched to improve food security for developing countries, 11 January 2011
In a unique and important move to harness science to improve food security for millions of people in the developing world, research funders from the UK and USA and government departments in the UK and India have today (11 January) announced a new £20M/$32M joint research initiative……
Droughts, Floods and Food, The New York Times, 6.2.2011
Droughts, Floods and Food , The New York Times, 6.2.2011 by PAUL KRUGMAN
FP8 open consultation: deadline 20 May, 2011
Towards Common Strategic Framework for future EU Research and Innovation Funding, EC, 9.2.2011
Green Paper on a Common Strategic framework for future EU Research and Innovation Funding. Open consultation until 20 May 2011.
Vatican: Statement on Transgenic Plants for Food Security: 01.12.2010
Statement on Transgenic Plants for Food Security, signed by scientists, economists, teologists who participated to the workshop organised by the Pontificial Academy of Science in Rome last year, is available on the following link: www.epsoweb.org/webfm_send/294