food security

Biofuel production is certainly one of the culprits in the current global
food crisis. But while the diversion of corn from food to biofuel
feedstock has been a factor in food prices shooting up, the more
primordial problem has been the conversion of economies that are largely
food-self-sufficient into chronic food importers. Here the World Bank,
International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
figure as much more important villains.

 RISING demand for ethanol in petrol, driven by
the green policies of state and federal governments, threatens to cause grainshortages that will challenge the grain and grazing sectors and drive food prices higher.
Farming industry leaders and analysts say the push by governments to ensure 10 per cent of petrol is made up of biofuels such as ethanol will leave the nationcritically short of grain. Reports Greg Roberts in The Australan.

Robert Mugabe's attendance at a UN summit on food security in Rome has been criticised by Australia's foreign minister as "obscene".

Even more obscene was the absence  of Rudd or even the Australian foreign minister himself in this growing tragedy of a worldwide food crisis.

At least Mugabe bothered to attend.

But the conference was simply seen by our foreign minister as a cheap opportunity for imperialist propaganda shots rather than an opportunity for an announcement of a doubling of aid to the third world.

With the twin collapse of the US  bond markets and the property market bubbles and a resulting  international credit squeeze, excess accumulated capital till recently usually invested in  housing /property and mortgages and in building construction went looking elsewhere for maximum secure profits.

Mineral Resources and  food commodities looked safer and more real than investing in now unrealistic incomes from property debt.

Australian hedge fund speculators and grain exporters  are positioning themselves to make big  profits from the huge international food price gains.

Elen Brown reports-Investment newsletters are now featuring headlines like "How You Can Profit from
the Global Food Crisis." The recommended investments include agribusiness stocks
and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that speculate in agricultural commodities.
These investments will no doubt do very well in the global food crisis; but
before you put your money down, you may want to explore whether you will be
helping to alleviate the problem or contributing to it. Do you really want to
"invest" in starvation?

There are many causes behind the globalist world food crisis, but one chief imperialist villain: World Bank head and idealogist , Robert Zoellick

The racist, genocidal US, UK, Australia (Oz) and EU are not 
content with their involvement in horrendous genocidal wars of occupation in Asia – post-1950 excess deaths in US Asian Wars  total 24 million and post-invasion excess deaths in the  Occupied Palestinian, Iraqi and Afghan Territories now total 
  0.3 million, 1.7-2.2 million and 3.3-6.6 million, respectively   (see US-Israeli state terrorism. World’s #1 terrorist states”