Breast vs bottle: the new battleground
Independent - Just as the Department of Health is trying to promote breastfeeding, food giant Nestlé, makers of powdered baby milk, is forging links with the Government.
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The Coming Revolution in Africa
Wilson Quarterly, by G. Pascal Zachary - A rising generation of small farmers promises not only to put food on the African table but to fundamentally change the continent’s economic and political life.
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Living in a world of $200 oil
Financial Times - For rich countries, the $125 oil price will be a noticeable drag on economic growth; for poor countries, when combined with higher food prices, it will mean more poverty. Oil supply should grow in response but if it does not, $200 oil is just about conceivable. It would cause serious economic disruption, international tensions and currency crises for some poor nations.
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Lasting euro success requires bolder proposals
Financial Times, by A. Sapir & J. Pisani-Ferry - The Commission is right to claim that the euro is a resounding success: the transition to the new currency was astonishingly smooth and, for all the talks about break-up, the reality is one of a steady increase in membership of the eurozone. /…/ The Commission is also right to admit that the euro has fallen short of some initial expectations.
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Britain throws away £10bn of food every year
Independent - Global food shortages, soaring prices and alarm over the environment. But every day, Britain throws away 220,000 loaves of bread, 1.6m bananas, 550,000 chickens, 5.1m potatoes, 660,000 eggs, 1.2m sausages and 1.3m yoghurts.
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Will slowdown curb whisky growth?
BBC - Sales of scotch whisky are regarded by some as a fair, if unusual, barometer of economic prospects and how confident people feel about the present and the future. “I tend to believe there is a correlation between the two,” says Paul Hughes, director of the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot Watt University.
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Disaster payouts
Economist - Last year 149 natural and man-made disasters hit Asia, causing 13,748 dead or missing. In addition, insurance losses to property and business interruption amounted to $3.5 billion, according to Swiss Re, an insurance company.
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Oil nears $123 on $200 oil prediction, supply concerns
BusinessWeek - Oil futures blasted to a new record over $122 a barrel Tuesday, gaining momentum as investors bought on a forecast of much higher prices and on any news hinting at supply shortages. Retail gas prices edged lower, but appear poised to rise to new records of their own in coming weeks.
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