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| Libya facing possibility of severe food shortages | |
| 2015-03-22 | |
| [Libya Herald] Libya is at risk of experiencing a severe food shortage, Minister of Economy and Industry Muneer Ali Asr has warned. Asr said that in the coming weeks reserves of staples such as flour will run out and he asked the House of Representatives intervene now and not wait until the reserves are gone to take action. The manager of Libya's state Price Stability Fund, Jamal Shibani, warned last month that Libya's grain reserve supplies would be depleted within two to three months.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 'In the Camp of the Saints' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-03-22 19:37 |
| #4 #3 tw; It's certainly getting more interesting along the coast of Italy. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2015-03-22 18:01 |
| #3 Net food imports have accounted for 25–50 percent of national consumption The region has half the income it used to get from oil sales... and the Gulf countries are subsidizing most of the rest. It's going to get even more interesting over there. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-22 16:09 |
| #2 The whole of the Middle East and Africa has a food/water/population problem. That might be what is causing some of the. Problems we are experiencing. http://www.fao.org/nr/water/docs/WSRE_Preliminary-Regional-Review-Gap-Analysis-Draft-Report.pdf 1.1 Food Security and Water in the Near/Middle East and North Africa (NENA/MENA) region The MENA region is the most food import–dependent region in the world, and net food imports are projected to rise even further in the future. Net food imports have accounted for 25–50 percent of national consumption |
| Posted by: Uneack Floluter2327 2015-03-22 13:57 |
| #1 Minister of Economy and Industry Muneer Ali Asr could try to encourage the people to drop their rifles and plant "victory gardens" (sarc). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-03-22 09:18 |