Tag Archives: FOOD
UN: Yemen food crisis is man-made, partly as a war tactic
:: The crisis in Yemen that has left millions hungry and on the brink of famine is “a man-made disaster” driven not only by decades of poverty and lack of investment but also by economic strangulation being used as a
Iraq expects to produce 250,000 tons of rice in 2017 season
:: Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday it expected to produce 250,000 tons of rice in the 2017 season. The figure suggests gap to be filled by imports of about 1 million tons, as demand annually stands at between 1
High living costs as food, travel prices shoot up in Qatar
:: Living costs in Qatar have become far more expensive following boycott by all of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, Al Arabiya’s sister news channel, Al Hadath reported on Wednesday. Food prices have doubled and at times went
Chinese startup cooking up silkworm noodles for meals
Entrepreneur Matilda Ho is out to get silkworm noodles on the menu in China. The managing director of Shanghai-based startup incubator Bits and Bites was at the TED conference in Vancouver on Wednesday as part of a mission to promote
Iraq: Third of eastern Mosul ‘liberated’
Iraqi forces have dislodged ISIS from one third of the eastern side of Mosul, an interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, four weeks into the US-backed campaign to take back the city. The Tigris river divides Mosul into eastern and
First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis
The UN said Tuesday it has delivered food supplies to more than 30,000 residents of Qayyara for the first time in two years after Iraqi forces expelled extremists from the northern town. Government forces on August 25 pushed ISIS out
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