*Bye-bye bananas?! Will bananas disappear by 2010?

*Hundreds of farmers from 26 countries worldwide are gathering in Jakarta for an International Conference on Peasant Rights, from June 21 to 25.

*Turkey is not prepared for global food crisis

* When inflation means starvation- giving timely assistance to ward off further suffering among the world’s poor has become a moral obligation.

* The World Bank estimates that high food prices will quickly pull 100 million people back below the poverty line.

* UK food production industry will see a spike in food industry mergers and acquisitions over the next two years

* It would cost $30 billion a year to solve the food crisis.

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