* Record 49.1 million Americans struggle to get enough food * USDA's Vilsack says federal aid blunted downturn * Hunger group says results "are even worse" than expected * Vilsack backs $1 billion increase for...
MILAN, Nov 13 - Volatility in food and agricultural commodities prices has become a permanent feature of global markets due to speculative trading, the chairman of the world's biggest food group, Nestle, said. Food prices...
* Private investment in agriculture tripled, still low * It's not charity, it's business, companies say MILAN, Nov 12 - World majors in agriculture and food sectors have tripled their investments in boosting global food...
SAO PAULO, Nov 12 - Brazilian food processing company Brasil Foods posted on Thursday third-quarter net income of 211 million reais ($121.3 million), compared with a proforma net loss of 52 million reais a year...
BANGKOK, Nov 10 - Charoen Pokphand Foods <CPF.BK>, Thailand's largest chicken exporter, said on Tuesday its 2009 net profit was likely to hit a record high of 10 billion baht ($300.6 million) due to strong...
* Conditions still in place for fresh food crisis * Developing countries unable to boost food output ROME, Nov 9 - Poor nations battered by record food prices last year need international help to raise...
* Lower costs push up Q3 net profit * Nine-month net profit exceeds full-year forecasts * Shares up 2.6 pct, results published after the close (Adds details) BANGKOK, Nov 9 - Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL...
Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to develop a $68.5 million poultry project with Oman's A'Saffa Poultry to secure food supplies in the Gulf state, A'Saffa's chief executive said.
* Low-carbon farms can boost food yields * Need funding from rich nations BARCELONA, Spain, Nov 5 - Low-carbon farming can both curb climate change and boost food output in developing nations and so must...
'Sea Food Expo 2009', the Middle East's only exhibition dedicated to the seafood industry, has achieved record sales and visitors, according to Orange Fairs & Events, organiser of the event.