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Food security: the era of abundance is coming to an end

A major conference on food security will hear how demand is beginning to outstrip supply in the world food markets, and that large companies are in the process of buying up land in order to sustain their commodity supplies.CropWorld Global is a three-day conference being held at ExCeL, London from 31stOctober to 2ndNovember, which will be examining how world food demand can be met by the latest developments in technology. One of the speakers addressing the conference is Cyrille Filott, Global Head – Europe, Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory, of Rabobank, who will be looking at

African scientist accuses Europe of food hypocrisy over GM crops

A leading African scientist has called on the EU and development organisations in the West to allow farmers in developing countries to make full use of genetically modified crops to improve their livelihoods and guarantee global food security.Dr Felix M’mboyi, a scientist with the Kenya based African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum, said: “The affluent West has the luxury of choice in the type of technology they use to grow food crops, yet their influence and sensitivities are denying many in the developing world access to such technologies which could lead to a more plentiful supply of

Sub-Saharan Africa’s “food insecurity” debated in London.

How to feed a growing Sub-Sahara African population will be on the agenda at a major global agri-business conference, CropWorld, to be held in London later this year.Dr Felix M’mboyi, from the Kenyan based African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum, will be presenting the case for allowing African farmers to have greater access to new crop technology to enable them to make an informed personal choice on which technology to use in order to improve production. “Africa is a hungry continent and the poorest most food insecure region in the world. Even with current conventional crop improvement

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