In an effort to improve the quality of life in the world, Unilever announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday 27 January 2012 the launch of the Unilever Foundation, which through the provision of hygiene, sanitation, access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition and enhancing self-esteem will deliver sustainable change worldwide.
30 Jan 2012 10:46
Food price inflation is one of the main reasons that contributed to the Reserve Bank Governor, Gill Marcus' decision not to hike interest rates. Food inflation is currently 11.6%, considerably more than the overall inflation rate of 6.1%.
23 Jan 2012 10:20Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has vowed to get to the bottom of the problems experienced in various government hospitals in Limpopo, including reports of shortage in food supplies for patients.
20 Jan 2012 16:58[Russel Molefe] Some hospitals in Limpopo have been hit by food shortages, with patients now relying on relatives for daily supplies because of the apparent failure by the government to pay service providers.
19 Jan 2012 23:57 Tuffy is partnering with the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PFSA), which aims to combat short-term hunger in schoolchildren and in doing so promote their learning and potential. The organisation was established in 1958 and over the past 53 years has provided 1.3-billion meals to children in need.
17 Jan 2012 09:58[Shannon Sherry] Though food prices are high and seem likely to stabilise at current levels, finding value in the food sector from a stock investment point of view is not easy.
16 Jan 2012 13:56 Two leading world officials debate the effect of trade on food insecurity in countries and how it has helped focus attention on the stalled Doha trade talks, reports
IRIN.
23 Dec 2011 10:27
A virus that attacks the cassava plant - estimated to be the world's third most important staple crop - is reaching epidemic proportions in parts of Africa, UN scientists warned today, 18 November.
18 Nov 2011 16:06In an opinion piece published in
IOL, Edna Molewa, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs and leader of South Africa's COP17 delegation, says that South Africa is committed to addressing the global threat of climate change, but that this will not come at the expense of growing the economy, creating jobs or boosting international competitiveness.
16 Nov 2011 10:36Africa has the potential to become a breadbasket for food, according to Andre Louw, professor of agribusiness at the University of Pretoria.
15 Nov 2011 16:19Business Live reports that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the South African government have stepped up efforts to ensure that the SA public understands global warming issues and the role that communities will play in the process of adaptation to climate change.
11 Nov 2011 10:13 
In response to calls for continued humanitarian assistance to ease the plight of millions in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa, Kraft Foods is donating US$100 000 (Ksh10 million) to the Kenya Red Cross and Somali Red Crescent, which are coordinating relief efforts in the region.
9 Nov 2011 17:21The Coface Group, a leader in credit insurance, has released its analysis on food industry companies, which process agricultural products (wheat, barley, rice, cocoa beans, sugar etc) and livestock for human consumption. Wines and spirits are not included within its scope. The analysis covers commodity prices upstream in the food industry, and wholesalers and retailers further downstream.
8 Nov 2011 10:36The idea of safe and nutritious food remains a luxury for millions of people who still do not have access to food at all, according to consumer goods group Nestle managing director and chairman, Sullivan O'Carroll.
4 Nov 2011 11:47
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