The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned food prices
across the globe are set to rise by as much as 40 per cent over the next
decade. Rising costs in farm production, and less available land are
mostly to blame. But as Ray Kuka reports, new technologies and stronger
relationships in global trade should solve any potential food shortage.
Farms like this are becoming more and more precious.
As developing countries become more wealthy, demand for food is growing.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation says the world is facing a situation where demand outgrows production.
Kenneth Ash, OECD Director of Trade and Agriculture, said, "It’s not
about being optimistic or pessimistic, the key message is the markets
have fundamentally changed."
Rising production costs, less available farmland, and environmental factors are mostly to blame.
North Korea's launching of a rocket into space last week amounted to
the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-ton payload
over 10,000km, the South Korean defence ministry says.
"Based on our analysis and simulation, the missile is capable of
flying more than 10,000km with a warhead of 500-600kg," a defence
ministry official told reporters on Sunday.
North Korea launched its three-stage Unha-3 rocket on December 12,
insisting it was a purely scientific mission aimed at putting a
polar-orbiting satellite in space, but critics say it was aimed at
nurturing the kind of technology needed to mount a nuclear warhead on a
long-range missile.
O ηγέτης της Βόρειας Κορέας Κιμ Γιονγκ-ουν έκανε έκκληση για περαιτέρω ανάπτυξη της διαστημικής τεχνολογίας και την έναρξη προγράμματος εκτόξευσης περισσότερων δορυφόρων μετά την επιτυχή εκτόξευση, μεταδίδει το πρακτορείο Kyodo.
"Θα πρέπει να αναπτυχθεί και να ξεκινήσει μια ποικιλία από περισσότερους ειρηνικούς δορυφόρους , συμπεριλαμβανομένων των δορυφορικών τηλεπικοινωνιών και ρουκέτες με μεγαλύτερη ικανότητα φορτίου," συνεχίζει τος Κεντρικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων της Κορέας μεταφέροντας τις δηλώσεις του Κιμ Γιονκ-ουν.
