World food prices
at record high.
On Thursday, March 3,
the United Nations
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
announced that continued
unprecedented rises for
eight consecutive months
has resulted in February's
levels being the highest
since record-keeping
began 20 years ago.
Reasons behind the steep
increases are thought to
include ongoing adverse
weather conditions
due to climate change,
such as in Canada where
rising temperatures have
significantly reduced
wheat production,
in China following
severe droughts,
and Russia after
the catastrophic
heat wave and fires.
Other factors include
higher oil prices, which
affect food production
and transportation
and internal conflicts
as well as disasters
that spur governments
and individuals
to stockpile staples.
With the FAO forecasting
continued rises
for the rest of the year,
fears of an unfolding
food shortage crisis
are being raised.
Highlighting
the seriousness of
the situation and the need
for actions such as
curbing market
speculation and
food-based biofuels,
Oxfam's food policy
adviser Thierry Kesteloot
stated, “Millions more
people are sliding
into poverty as they
struggle to afford
basic food supplies.
A sit-and-wait attitude
among governments
in the hope that there
will be good harvests
over the next few months
means gambling
with people's lives.”
We are thankful for the
concerned observations
of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture
Organization
in raising awareness
of this global issue.
Our prayers
for the enactment
of sustainable measures
that ensure plentiful
sustenance for all.
Speaking about
the long-term rise
in global food prices
and shortages
during an October 2009
videoconference
in Indonesia,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
expressed concern while
offering a comprehensive
solution.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : There are
1.02 billion people
with not enough food
in the world.
While we are sitting here
in safety and comfort,
and have sufficient food
for ourselves
and our family,
our neighboring people,
our world co-citizens,
more than one billion
of them,
are living in poverty,
in hunger, in thirst.
No sufficient water,
no clean water,
no food to eat.
Children are dying
every few seconds.
Statistically,
every five seconds
one child dies of hunger.
Besides, we are facing
a food shortage
with high food prices.
The most important first step
is to stop buying and
eating meat, fish, eggs,
dairy, and any animal
products for you and
for your family's sake,
for the natural resources'
sake, and
to plant the seeds for a
better agricultural system
for everyone.
In this way, not only can
all the farmers prosper -
we help them in this way -
but everyone will
prosper and enjoy
a long and thriving life.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110303/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_un_food_prices ,
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/03/04/World-food-prices-up-for-eighth-month/UPI-42941299220983/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8359643/Food-prices-to-carry-on-climbing-alll-year.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20110303-world-food-prices-hit-record-highs-un-food-agencyAulacese (Vietnamese)
scientist finds cure to
save crops from disease.
With the viral affliction
known as black streaked
dwarf disease
noted to be worsening as
weather conditions change
with global warming,
thousands of hectares
of rice, maize and even
sorghum have been
ruined in countries like
Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
and China.
However,
Hứa Quyết Chiến, an
agriculture engineer from
Âu Lạc, recently devised
a method for protecting
crops from this disease.
Moreover, his solution
has been formulated
to be effective
without harming
the carrier insect, the
white back plant hopper.
Following years
of research, Mr. Hứa
realized that the more
pesticides were used
on crops, the more the
insects became immune,
and the more endangered
the crops would become,
therefore rendering
the chemical approach
futile in the long run.
While inspecting
infected fields in the
northern provinces of
Hải Dương, Thái Bình,
and Hưng Yên, Mr. Hứa
subsequently discovered
that by injecting plants
with salicylic acid,
a compound found in
the pain reliever aspirin
which helps them
naturally resist disease,
the plants were protected
and the insects
also not harmed.
His biological product,
called Enxin 4.5, has
in fact been shown to help
prevent 11 harmful insect
diseases in rice plants
and vegetables and
is already being
sought after in Bulgaria
following
successful trials there.
With Enxin 4.5 helping
save the rice fields of
many local farmers who
would otherwise have to
uproot entire paddies
to be rid of disease,
Âu Lạc's Science
and Technology and
Agriculture and Rural
Development Ministries
recently awarded
Mr. Hứa more than
US$200,000 to
expand its application.
Our sincere accolades,
Mr. Hứa Quyết Chiến,
for your careful work
in developing this safe
and practical method
to preserve
valued food crops.
May your endeavors
inspire many more
such benevolent products
that protect the lives
of other beings as well as
our own health.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/science-technology/4585/cure-found-for-black-streak-dwarf-disease-by-a-vietnamese-scientist.htmlhttp://ricehoppers.net/2010/06/new-rice-virus-disease-spreading-in-china/,
https://www.seedquest.com/news.php?type=news&id_article=6154&id_region=30&id_category=&id_crop=7
Extra NewsAs business executive
Grant Jones of
New Zealand joins
a 20-member
Save Our Seas crew
in Australia to raise
awareness about the
grave damage caused
by plastic to marine life
and ecosystems,
he is also inspired
to further the mission
by founding a sister
Save Our Seas organization
in New Zealand.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/lifestyle/going-green/4675830/Sailing-to-save-the-seas-from-disaster
A feasibility study
conducted
for a new vertical
axis turbine created
by UK-based company
Wind Power Ltd. finds
that the innovative design
of these floating devices
has the potential to
significantly reduce costs
of offshore wind energy
generation.
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2029098/researchers-thumbs-vertical-axis-wind-offshore-turbines
In a recent meeting
convened by the Union
of Concerned Scientists,
researchers affirm that
along with rising
global temperatures,
climate change is also
increasing the likelihood
of more extreme storms
in all seasons,
including snowstorms.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110301-global-warming-means-more-snowstorms-scientists
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