<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500</id><updated>2012-01-16T09:13:53.372-08:00</updated><category term='food prices china'/><category term='Food security'/><category term='pakistan'/><title type='text'>Livestock News</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-440657268874586112</id><published>2012-01-16T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T09:13:53.377-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AllAboutFeed - Animal-nutrition: A lot to gain in small scale African feed management</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.allaboutfeed.net/animal-nutrition/a-lot-to-gain-in-small-scale-african-feed-management-12675.html#.TxRaapej2jY.blogger"&gt;AllAboutFeed - Animal-nutrition: A lot to gain in small scale African feed management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-440657268874586112?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/440657268874586112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=440657268874586112&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/440657268874586112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/440657268874586112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2012/01/allaboutfeed-animal-nutrition-lot-to.html' title='AllAboutFeed - Animal-nutrition: A lot to gain in small scale African feed management'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-5679798029457573198</id><published>2010-11-09T08:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-12T03:33:21.519-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Roland Meunier : l’art de transformer le porc</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archivenews-16813-roland-meunier-l-art-de-transformer-le-porc.html"&gt;Roland Meunier : l’art de transformer le porc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0EJ6kI0XW4lYjExZmY0M2MtNjQ2NS00ZGU0LWJjMWUtOGYyOWEzMjY0ZTI4&amp;amp;sort=name&amp;amp;layout=list&amp;amp;num=50"&gt;Read more at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="560px" src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;amp;pid=explorer&amp;amp;chrome=false&amp;amp;embedded=true&amp;amp;srcid=0B0EJ6kI0XW4lN2NjZDBlNGMtZGE3ZC00MmRiLTk1MTUtMTBjMmU1MTQyMTZl&amp;amp;authkey=CPijzd4K&amp;amp;hl=en" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-5679798029457573198?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/5679798029457573198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=5679798029457573198&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/5679798029457573198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/5679798029457573198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/11/roland-meunier-lart-de-transformer-le.html' title='Roland Meunier : l’art de transformer le porc'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-8734275424701931209</id><published>2010-09-13T05:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T05:05:24.694-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Agriculturist: Developments - Making a splash: milk for the masses in Haiti</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.new-ag.info/developments/devItem.php?a=589"&gt;New Agriculturist: Developments - Making a splash: milk for the masses in Haiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-8734275424701931209?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.new-ag.info/developments/devItem.php?a=589' title='New Agriculturist: Developments - Making a splash: milk for the masses in Haiti'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/8734275424701931209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=8734275424701931209&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/8734275424701931209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/8734275424701931209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-agriculturist-developments-making.html' title='New Agriculturist: Developments - Making a splash: milk for the masses in Haiti'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-8984986931166237712</id><published>2010-09-06T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T06:53:29.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MSIRI en ligne - Information on Sugarcane and Food Crops</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;Mrs Rosemary Ng Kee Kong, Librarian of the MSIRI has informed the MAISNET members of this website. It contains a wealth of valuable information on agriculture especially sugar cane and other food crops. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Le &lt;a href="http://msiri.mu.refer.org/"&gt;MSIRI en ligne &lt;/a&gt;est  un site développé par la Bibliothèque du MSIRI, avec l’aide du CNF,  Réduit, en vue d’offrir une plate-forme sur laquelle les chercheurs du  MSIRI pourront publier des résultats de leur recherche et des  informations destinées aux autres chercheurs, aux planteurs et autres  utilisateurs.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ce site  s’adresse à ceux qui, à Maurice ou ailleurs, s’intéressent à la  recherche sur la canne et les cultures associées, ainsi qu’aux autres  travaux de l’Institut de recherches.  Vous y trouverez des documents,  rapports, fiches techniques, et des bibliographies sur tous les aspects  de la canne à sucre, et des nouvelles cultures identifiées et promues  par le MSIRI, c’est-à-dire, le pitaya, le pejibaye".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reproduced from the MSIRI website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="texte" dir="ltr" lang="fr-FR"&gt;&lt;a href="http://msiri.mu.refer.org/document.php?id=723"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-8984986931166237712?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/8984986931166237712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=8984986931166237712&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/8984986931166237712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/8984986931166237712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/msiri-en-ligne.html' title='MSIRI en ligne - Information on Sugarcane and Food Crops'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-1427420073972037655</id><published>2010-09-03T10:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T10:38:38.241-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="http://books.google.mu/books?id=BHH5-Ua3T9oC&amp;amp;lpg=PP1&amp;amp;dq=frandson&amp;amp;pg=PA15&amp;amp;output=embed" style="border: 0px none;" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-1427420073972037655?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/1427420073972037655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=1427420073972037655&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/1427420073972037655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/1427420073972037655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-3173362388535391271</id><published>2010-09-03T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T10:10:06.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12625&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger#toc"&gt;Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-3173362388535391271?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12625&amp;sms_ss=blogger#toc' title='Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/3173362388535391271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=3173362388535391271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/3173362388535391271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/3173362388535391271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/sustaining-global-surveillance-and.html' title='Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-4463533188783015687</id><published>2010-09-03T04:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T04:46:08.457-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Alimentation : Le garde-manger</title><content type='html'>Elever des animaux et cultiver des légumes permettent de réaliser des économies.&lt;br /&gt;Qu’il est loin le temps des potagers. Des poules ou/et canards que grand-mère ti nuri dans son arrière- cour. Et si le mieux-être du Mauricien de demain passait aussi par un retour à ces pratiques considérées d’antan ?&lt;br /&gt;«Il est temps, vu le coût élevé de la nourriture, que l’on commence à en produire chez soi», lance d’emblée Eric Mangar, président du Mouvement pour l’Autosuffisance Alimentaire (MAA). «Nous passons par une période difficile. Le coût de l’alimentation dans le budget familial est important, surtout pour la classe ouvrière », note-t-il. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les heures d’ouverture des grandes surfaces se sont calquées sur les disponibilités d’une population active qui en est devenue dépendante. «Les grandes surfaces peuvent imposer leurs prix et leurs produits, dont la qualité nutritive peut avoir un impact négatif sur la santé», poursuit le président de la MAA.&lt;br /&gt;Selon lui, l’autonomie est très difficile, voire impossible à atteindre dans le cas des denrées de base comme le riz, la farine ou le lait. Avis partagé par Robert Soupe, président de la Mauritius Meat Producers Association (MMPA) et Regional Development Manager de Food and Allied. Cependant, le fait de produire à la maison serait un premier pas vers un meilleur accès à une nourriture plus saine et moins onéreuse.&lt;br /&gt;Mais quelle forme prendrait-elle, cette production à faire chez soi ? «Le potager de demain serait un potager en plastique. Soit des légumes cultivés dans des bacs en plastique», propose Eric Mangar. «Cela demandera bien sûr de repenser les bâtiments, que les architectes pensent à prévoir des balcons ensoleillés et des espaces. Pourquoi pas aussi penser au roof gardening, qui conviendrait à une agriculture urbaine», poursuit-il.&lt;br /&gt;Les cultures qui se prêteraient à ce mode de production seraient la pomme de terre, la laitue, les carottes, les pommes d’amour et des condiments comme le thym et autres herbes aromatiques. Une formule plus sociale viserait à inclure non seulement la famille mais également tout un voisinage. L’agriculture, même à petite échelle, est une entreprise qui demande un gros investissement en termes de temps. Une telle collaboration pourrait alléger l’apport individuel pour le bénéfice de tous. Et pourquoi ne pas mettre à profit, au passage, les terrains vagues souvent mal entretenus et connus de tous en y cultivant des légumes ?&lt;br /&gt;«L’impact, sur le plan macroéconomique, sera la réduction de nos importations. Nous importons en effet quelque 700 000 tonnes de nourriture, soit pour Rs 23 milliards par an. Cela nous rend particulièrement sensibles aux fluctuations de devises étrangères», fait ressortir Eric Mangar. «Sur le plan microéconomique, disposer de nourriture chez soi aura également un effet sur le pouvoir d’achat du consommateur», précise-t-il.&lt;br /&gt;En effet, le fait de pratiquer le kitchen gardening, soit d’avoir un jardin potager, peut faire économiser au consommateur mauricien jusqu’à Rs 700 par mois. De ce fait, la MAA, avec le concours de ses partenaires, encourage et aide une cinquantaine de familles vivant dans des poches de pauvreté à élever des poules pondeuses afin de disposer d’oeufs frais. Cette démarche s’inscrit dans le programme pour l’éradication de la pauvreté absolue.&lt;br /&gt;Elevage chez soi&lt;br /&gt;«L’idée est qu’il fasse cet élevage de façon professionnelle », explique Eric Mangar. Car autonomie ne sous-entend pas uniquement la culture de légumes dans son arrière-cour. L’élevage d’animaux comme les poules pondeuses et les lapins est aussi une idée à ne pas négliger. Robert Soupe pratique lui-même l’élevage de lapins. «C’est un élevage qui n’est pas compliqué. De plus, c’est un animal qui procure une viande blanche, donc il constitue une excellente source de protéines», dit-il. Il explique que l’on peut nourrir ces petits animaux de deux façons : soit en recueillant de l’herbe soit en ayant recours aux rabbit pellets, granulés pour lapins. Si la première option est moins onéreuse, elle demande cependant plus de temps. La seconde propose une nourriture concentrée, balancée et de qualité, mais plus chère.&lt;br /&gt;«Il est plus compliqué de faire ce genre d’élevage dans les zones résidentielles et dans les villes», fait-il ressortir. En effet, le caquètement des poules ou les odeurs que génèrent les déjections animales peuvent être la source de conflits de voisinage. Cela demande quelques précautions. «Il n’y a pas d’inconvénients tant que toutes les mesures d’hygiène sont respectées», rassure le président de la MMPA. Le jardin de demain, Robert Soupe le voit avec un système hyonique, produisant des choux, des carottes. Les unités comprendraient des cages, qui accueilleraient cinq poules pondeuses et cinq lapins. Ces derniers se nourriraient de feuilles de chou et de carottes produites en excédant des besoins du ménage. «Ce ne serait pas une mauvaise idée, dans certains villages, d’encourager l’élevage de cabris», préconise-t-il, en soulignant que ceux-ci sont moins exigeants en termes de fourrage que les boeufs.&lt;br /&gt;Autonomie alimentaire&lt;br /&gt;A ne pas confondre avec sécurité alimentaire, même si les deux concepts sont étroitement liés dans la pratique. Si le second concerne l’accès à une quantité suffi sante de nourriture de qualité, le concept de l’autonomie alimentaire, quant à lui, se réfère à la faculté de produire, totalement ou en grande partie, ses aliments. A une échelle microéconomique, elle pourrait concerner l’individu ou même les habitants d’une localité qui participeraient, dans un effort commun et pour le bénéfice de tous, à la production vivrière. «Le but de l’autonomie alimentaire reste d’avoir de la nourriture que nous pouvons consommer», précise Eric Mangar. Il explique que Maurice se porte bien en termes de nutrition, soit la qualité de nourriture.&lt;br /&gt;Selon une étude parue dans la revue Pediatrics, les jeunes Américaines commencent leur puberté de plus en plus tôt. Effectivement, plus de dix enfants sur soixante-dix l’atteignent à partir de sept ans. Environ 15% des filles montrent un développement des seins dès l’âge de sept ans et une apparition de poils pubiens dès huit ans pour près de 20% d’entre elles. Si l’étude n’explique pas les causes de cette puberté précoce, elle évoque l’influence de l’obésité et de produits chimiques présents dans l’alimentation des enfants.&lt;br /&gt;Cette même tendance se vérifie également en France. Revenir au jardin potager chez soi garantirait l’approvisionnement en légumes de qualité, voire une production organique, moins dépendante des produits chimiques comme les engrais ou les pesticides. Ceux-ci pouvant avoir un effet néfaste sur la santé.&lt;br /&gt;«Une politique de culture efficace se vérifiera par le taux de maladies non transmissibles, les carences en protéines ou l’anémie», fait ressortir Eric Mangar, pour souligner les critères qui régissent la qualité de l’alimentation. Tirer profit de la terre, mais pourquoi pas aussi de l’eau ? Il était commun de trouver autrefois des bassins construits dans l’arrière-cour, voire des digues dans les plantations. Si le but premier était d’alimenter les cultures en eau, ces structures accueillaient également des poissons, dont le tilapia.&lt;br /&gt;Introduit initialement à fins d’élevage, ce cichlide prolifique des cours d’eaux et lacs africains a été délaissé au profit des poissons pêchés dans le lagon mauricien, dont la chair est plus prisée. De plus, ce poisson d’eau douce atteint difficilement une taille satisfaisante dans les rivières mauriciennes – il peut atteindre jusqu’à 20 cm pour 150g en aquaculture. Le tilapia est un nom générique qui regroupe plusieurs espèces de cichlidés.&lt;br /&gt;Mais avec la surexploitation de nos lagons, son élevage se présente comme une source de protéine aquatique considérable. «Cet élevage est toujours possible, à condition de respecter certaines conditions, comme la qualité de l’eau, qui ne doit pas contenir de chlore», indique Eric Mangar. A noter que ces poissons sont également présents dans certains réservoirs, où il est cependant interdit de pêcher. «La production chez soi peut aussi devenir un hobby, un moyen de détente pour l’individu», dit Eric Mangar. Au-delà de l’aspect pratique, la production vivrière chez soi est également une activité saine, qui apporte beaucoup de satisfaction à celui qui la pratique. «Il faut être conscient que c’est contraignant, qu’il faut pouvoir s’occuper de son élevage matin et soir. Il faut vraiment aimer le faire. Pour moi, c’est une passion», conclut Robert Soupe.&lt;br /&gt;Entre mode de vie et exigence d’un monde surindustrialisé à assainir, la production vivrière peut, avec l’effet amplificateur d’une économie d’échelle, avoir des répercussions positives sur l’économie de l’île Maurice. Mais il ne suffi t pas de vouloir. Faut-il encore prendre l’initiative, chacun de nous, de retrouver notre rapport à la terre. Nourricière.&lt;br /&gt;Ludovic AGATHE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archivenews-15161-alimentation-le-garde-manger.html"&gt;Alimentation : Le garde-manger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-4463533188783015687?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/4463533188783015687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=4463533188783015687&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/4463533188783015687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/4463533188783015687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/alimentation-le-garde-manger_03.html' title='Alimentation : Le garde-manger'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-1131709240222212297</id><published>2010-09-03T04:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T04:43:43.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>« Les producteurs agricoles souffrent des manquements de l’Etat »</title><content type='html'>Questions à Cyril Monty, ancien coordonnateur du « Food Security Fund »&lt;br /&gt;Votre contrat comme coordonnateur du Food Security Fund n’a pas été renouvelé à son expiration.Pourquoi ?&lt;br /&gt;J’aurais souhaité pouvoir vous répondre mais je n’ai moi- même pas la réponse.&lt;br /&gt;Où en est- on avec le Food Security Fund ?&lt;br /&gt;Quand j’ai quitté le ministère, le programme était sur la bonne voie et avait bien avancé. Cependant, il reste encore un bon bout de chemin à parcourir.&lt;br /&gt;œ Mais c’est un programme qui a tardé à décoller.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai été nommé responsable du Food Security Fund en février 2009. Il a d’abord fallu travailler sur les différents plans de fi nancement, voir les critères de sélection, la gestion des fonds par les banques, l’aspect légal, etc. Tout cela a pris beaucoup de temps.&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd’hui le Food Security Fund est sur la bonne voie, mais le fonds à lui seul ne suffi ra pas à aider le pays à produire davantage.&lt;br /&gt;Que voulez- vous dire ?&lt;br /&gt;Le secteur agricole, notamment la diversifi cation agricole, n’a pas un encadrement technique suffi samment solide pour le soutenir dans son développement.&lt;br /&gt;La performance de certains services clés laisse grandement à désirer et les producteurs s’en plaignent. Si le ministre ne prend pas rapidement les dispositions qui s’imposent pour restructurer ses services, il va au devant de gros ennuis.&lt;br /&gt;Quelles sont ces mesures qui méritent une action urgente ?&lt;br /&gt;Le Food Security Fund est une décision courageuse du gouvernement.&lt;br /&gt;Il sert de véhicule pour fi nancer les différents plans qui serviront à augmenter la production, permettre aux producteurs de se moderniser et de se professionnaliser. Ainsi, d’ici à deux ans, la production nationale va connaître une augmentation conséquente. D’une part, il faudra pouvoir encadrer les producteurs afi• qu’ils puissent opérer dans les meilleures conditions possibles et, d’autre part, il faudra leur assurer un écoulement régulier de leur production à un prix rémunérateur.&lt;br /&gt;Est- ce là les conditions pour favoriser la production ?&lt;br /&gt;L’ Agricultural Research Extension Unit fait un excellent travail mais est aujourd’hui essouffl é en raison d’un manque chronique de techniciens. Au niveau de l’élevage, les services vétérinaires ne sont pratiquement d’aucune aide et font preuve d’un manque de professionnalisme fl agrant. Quant au service d’insémination artifi - cielle, c’est un service complètement désorganisé et ineffi cient. Nous en arrivons au marketing.&lt;br /&gt;C’est un créneau hautement spécialisé qui demande des connaissances et une logistique importantes. Il faut savoir dissocier production et marketing. Prenons le cas du lait frais. Avec les développements en cours, la production augmentera rapidement.&lt;br /&gt;Si chaque éleveur devait vendre lui- même sa production, vous voyez un peu ce qui se passerait.&lt;br /&gt;Au niveau de la production de viande, la situation est pire. La commercialisation de la viande fraîche est le monopole d’un groupe de bouchers. Du reste, si la production s’est rétrécie comme une peau de chagrin au cours de ces quinze dernières années, c’est justement en raison de ce monopole.&lt;br /&gt;Vous brossez un tableau bien noir du secteur. Que faut- il faire pour éviter cette situation cornélienne?&lt;br /&gt;La situation est bien plus compliquée et sérieuse qu’on ne le croît. Au cours des prochains mois, nous aurons à faire face à une aggravation graduelle de la production alimentaire au niveau de la planète. Donc, il nous faut aller vite.&lt;br /&gt;D’un côté, il nous faut produire davantage et en même temps restructurer et moderniser les services ciblés et de l’autre assurer l’écoulement de la production laitière et de viande fraîche.&lt;br /&gt;Sur quoi vous basezvous pour avancer que la situation alimentaire mondiale va s’aggraver ?&lt;br /&gt;Depuis la crise alimentaire mondiale en 2008, la situation ne s’est jamais vraiment améliorée.&lt;br /&gt;Savez- vous qu’entre 1995 et 2009 la production alimentaire mondiale n’a connu une croissance que de 20 % seulement et entre 2007 et 2009 elle a chuté à 9 %. A titre de comparaison, la progression entre 1975 et 1990 a été de 65 %. Par ailleurs, la consommation en Chine a augmenté de 40 % entre 2003 et 2009.&lt;br /&gt;Le réchauffement de la planète se poursuit avec des changements climatiques catastrophiques aux quatre coins du globe. Regardez ce qui se passe actuellement en Chine, au Pakistan, en Inde, en Australie, en Europe, Russie, en Amérique Latine, sans compter le prix élevé du fret et des entrants, et la course aux biocarburants. Nous sommes entrés dans une période de grande instabilité qui perdurera durant laquelle les prix augmenteront de manière substantielle alors que l’approvisionnement se compliquera.&lt;br /&gt;Le cas de l’ail est un exemple fl agrant car la Chine, le plus gros producteur mondial, ne peut plus respecter ses commandes à l’exportation. Le prix de vente a été multiplié par quatre en moins d’un an. Actuellement le Marketing Board importe l’ail de la Chine à près de Rs 100 000 la tonne et là aussi il n’a aucune garantie que les fournisseurs respecteront leurs commandes. Ce qui est plus inquiétant c’est qu’aucun autre pays, même pas l’Inde, n’est capable de nous vendre de l’ail.&lt;br /&gt;Par ailleurs, vous verrez ce qui se passera avec le prix du riz sur le marché mondial lorsque la récolte 2010 sera disponible. Les traders sont ces jours- ci très actifs dans la région et achètent toutes les cultures disponibles au prix fort.&lt;br /&gt;Le ministre de l’Agroindustrie est- il conscient de ce que vous venez d’avancer ?&lt;br /&gt;Il ne m’a jamais donné l’occasion d’évoquer le sujet avec lui.&lt;br /&gt;« Nous sommes entrés dans une période de grande instabilité... »&lt;br /&gt;Propos recueillis par K. B.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/services/epaper-123519-b-les-producteurs-agricoles-souffrent-des-manquements-de-l-etat-b.html"&gt;« Les producteurs agricoles souffrent des manquements de l’Etat »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-1131709240222212297?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lexpress.mu/services/epaper-123519-b-les-producteurs-agricoles-souffrent-des-manquements-de-l-etat-b.html' title='« Les producteurs agricoles souffrent des manquements de l’Etat »'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/1131709240222212297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=1131709240222212297&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/1131709240222212297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/1131709240222212297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/les-producteurs-agricoles-souffrent-des.html' title='« Les producteurs agricoles souffrent des manquements de l’Etat »'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-5568834421698160141</id><published>2010-09-03T03:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T03:31:59.159-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pakistan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food prices china'/><title type='text'>Food prices : Floods, food and the global commodity crapshoot</title><content type='html'>At the mercy of the weather and rapacious speculators, food prices are increasingly volatile. As a result, the issue of food security is more vital than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nature hasn’t been kind to Asia these past few months. Floods in Pakistan and China, wildfires in Russia and a wide swathe of the continent, spanning from east to west, could well have earned a new moniker: the crescent of desolation. Thousands have died tens of millions have been displaced. Every day, scenes of utter devastation and destitution are beamed to us. From the comfort of our living rooms, it’s nearly impossible to come to grips with the magnitude of these disasters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yet, these catastrophes could also have a far more immediate impact on our lives. In all likelihood, they will lead to increases in the prices of certain basic foodstuffs. And there’s worse news to come.&lt;br /&gt;Take Russia, the world’s third biggest wheat producer. A third of its wheat crop has been ravaged by fire. Authorities there have even declared a ban on exports for now. Large parts of Pakistan, from where Mauritius imports most of its rice, are underwater. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 80% of crops have been lost in certain areas, some of which happen to be the most fertile in the country. Coupled with meteorological vagaries in Canada and Australia, these disasters seem destined to result in a rise in food prices.&lt;br /&gt;It all boils down to basic economics: if the supply of a good falls and the demand for it remains constant, its price will go up. With the memories of the 2008 food crisis still fresh in everyone’s minds, this conjuncture comes as especially bad news for countries like Mauritius that are net importers of food. And it doesn’t really matter where we import our food from. “These events will definitely have an impact on Mauritius,” affirms a portfolio manager from a major bank who has been following trends in soft commodities (basic foodstuffs.). He explains that the effect will probably only be felt several months down the line, depending on when the current stocks of wheat and rice run out and the State Trading Corporation (STC) and private food importers have to order new supplies. Yet the extreme weather events in Asia will only exacerbate a phenomenon that has been evident for some time now: the steady rise of food prices. For instance, “Wheat prices have been on the increase for several years,” says the portfolio manager.&lt;br /&gt;Given how much it costs to fill a shopping basket nowadays, it’s doubtful that Mauritians are unaware of this upward trend. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), food prices in the developing world have risen by 45% since the end of 2006. It attributes this steep increase to strong demand from emerging economies, rising biofuel production, slow supply adjustment and sluggish policy responses, amongst others.&lt;br /&gt;That’s only the tip of the iceberg though. One factor the IMF conveniently omits to mention is the commoditization of our food, which allows speculators to bet on the prices of certain foodstuffs, thereby disrupting markets and holding consumers in vulnerable countries like Mauritius to ransom. In particular, the use of complex financial products, such as food commodity derivatives, has completely warped the true value of food. “With the liberalization of world trade, even slight price fluctuations can have an impact on small economies,” warns Eric Mangar of the “Movement pour l’Auto suffisance Alimentaire” (Movement for Food Self-Suffi ciency).&lt;br /&gt;In “The Great Hunger Lottery: How banking speculation causes food crises,” the World Development Movement has created an impressive body of evidence showing that “gambling on hunger in financial markets is dangerous, immoral and indefensible.” The report, which caused quite a stir in certain circles and not least amongst those accused of “gambling on hunger”, offers a comprehensive view of just where we’ve gone wrong. It explains that commodity speculation actually dates back to the 19th century when future contracts were devised to “allow farmers to agree a guaranteed price for their next harvest well in advance, giving them greater certainty of income when planting crops.”&lt;br /&gt;The system was thus created to help those who produced and bought food greater visibility and thus security. In the 20th century, however, things began to run amok. To cut a long story short, “contracts started to be bought and sold by financial speculators who had nothing to do with the physical production, processing or retailing of food. This activity began to affect the actual prices of foodstuffs on the daily ‘spot markets’, causing them to become more volatile and to rise and fall more sharply. Speculation rides on the back of underlying changes in supply and demand, amplifying their impact on price.”&lt;br /&gt;As a result of this, the impact of natural phenomena that directly affect the production and, thus, the price of food, such as droughts and floods, is greatly exacerbated by those who’ve made it their job to gamble on these commodities. A knock-on effect of this uncertainty is that famers are finding more difficult to “plan and invest”. Earlier this month, The Guardian reported on an imminent return of “food inflation”, due partly to such dodgy practices. “Old-fashioned supply and demand is still at work, but there are fears that wild rumours and speculation are driving up prices”, the article said. And when prices are high, only the wealthiest nations can afford to snap up precious food supplies.&lt;br /&gt;Early Warning System&lt;br /&gt;In its conclusion, the WDM proposed a slew of measures to better regulate the way people bet on hunger. Its recommendations included helping “producers and purchasers to hedge their risk”, enabling “futures markets to better discover prices” and “freeing up capital for use in genuinely productive investment.” Yet such proposals are likely to meet fierce resistance from the avaricious few who profit so handsomely from the status quo. And, if the economic crisis has taught us anything, it’s that these people wield an inordinate amount of power over policy-makers. In other words, expect more of the same, namely increasingly erratic food prices.&lt;br /&gt;So what can Mauritius do in the face of such perfidy? Well, to begin with Eric Mangar believes we should introduce an early warning system to inform the population of any impending shortages. “People have the right to know”, he asserts. Several African countries have already set up such systems with some success. Wouldn’t such announcements cause panic buying of the threatened staples? “It would initially, but it would also allow people to look for alternatives”, says this advocate of self-sufficiency.&lt;br /&gt;In the long run however, the only durable solution to this conundrum will be to try to lessen our dependency on imported food stuffs. This is as hard as it sounds. Just take a look at some figures contained in the ministry of Agro-industry’s Blueprint for a Sustainable Diversified Agro-Food Strategy: “Our net food requirement is estimated at 690 000 tonnes annually, up to 75% of which is made up of agricultural and food products imports which peaked at some Rs23.4 billion in 2007, indicating a high level of trade dependency.&lt;br /&gt;The food import bill on a net basis has more than doubled during the period 2001/2007, from Rs8.4 billion to Rs21 billion. The major cause is the drastic increase in the import of processed food items (including vegetables) over the short span 2001 to 2006, from around a mere Rs0.2 billion to Rs9 billion, respectively. This trend is expected to continue.” These figures give a glimpse of the arduousness of the task at hand. In the wake of the 2008 food crisis, government set up a Rs1 billion food security fund aimed at improving the country’s food sovereignty. Results have been underwhelming at best. “These things take time. The money’s there but the structures in place, such as the Agricultural and Research Extension Unit (AREU), aren’t up to scratch,” Eric Mangar contends.&lt;br /&gt;The food crisis also had the merit of bringing, however briefly, our eating habits to the fore. Yet as soon as the crisis passed so did any resolutions to change our diet. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the average Mauritian consumed almost 75kg of fl our and 50kg of rice in 2008 even though we import the totality of these staples. One way to make a dent in these numbers is to place greater emphasis on potatoes, of which the country produces around 14 000 tonnes annually.&lt;br /&gt;The impending increases in the price of wheat and rice should encourage us to cement our resolve to lessen our reliance on imported foodstuffs. There’s simply too much at stake to allow unpredictable weather events in distant countries and rapacious speculators free reign over our food supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy: Nicolas Rainer, L'Express of 27/08/2010.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/473289618366034500-5568834421698160141?l=livestocknews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/feeds/5568834421698160141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=473289618366034500&amp;postID=5568834421698160141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/5568834421698160141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/473289618366034500/posts/default/5568834421698160141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://livestocknews.blogspot.com/2010/09/food-prices-floods-food-and-global_03.html' title='Food prices : Floods, food and the global commodity crapshoot'/><author><name>K.Boodhoo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473289618366034500.post-2344767496534510236</id><published>2010-09-03T03:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T03:28:49.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Food prices : Floods, food and the global commodity crapshoot</title><content type='html'>&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At the mercy of the weather and rapacious speculators, food prices are increasingly volatile. As a result, the issue of food security is more vital than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nature hasn’t been kind to Asia these past few months. Floods in Pakistan and China, wildfires in Russia and a wide swathe of the continent, spanning from east to west, could well have earned a new moniker: the crescent of desolation. Thousands have died tens of millions have been displaced. Every day, scenes of utter devastation and destitution are beamed to us. From the comfort of our living rooms, it’s nearly impossible to come to grips with the magnitude of these disasters. Yet, these catastrophes could also have a far more immediate impact on our lives. In all likelihood, they will lead to increases in the prices of certain basic foodstuffs. And there’s worse news to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take Russia, the world’s third biggest wheat producer. A third of its wheat crop has been ravaged by fire. Authorities there have even declared a ban on exports for now. Large parts of Pakistan, from where Mauritius imports most of its rice, are underwater. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 80% of crops have been lost in certain areas, some of which happen to be the most fertile in the country. Coupled with meteorological vagaries in Canada and Australia, these disasters seem destined to result in a rise in food prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all boils down to basic economics: if the supply of a good falls and the demand for it remains constant, its price will go up. With the memories of the 2008 food crisis still fresh in everyone’s minds, this conjuncture comes as especially bad news for countries like Mauritius that are net importers of food. And it doesn’t really matter where we import our food from. “These events will definitely have an impact on Mauritius,” affirms a portfolio manager from a major bank who has been following trends in soft commodities (basic foodstuffs.). He explains that the effect will probably only be felt several months down the line, depending on when the current stocks of wheat and rice run out and the State Trading Corporation (STC) and private food importers have to order new supplies. Yet the extreme weather events in Asia will only exacerbate a phenomenon that has been evident for some time now: the steady rise of food prices. For instance, “Wheat prices have been on the increase for several years,” says the portfolio manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given how much it costs to fill a shopping basket nowadays, it’s doubtful that Mauritians are unaware of this upward trend. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), food prices in the developing world have risen by 45% since the end of 2006. It attributes this steep increase to strong demand from emerging economies, rising biofuel production, slow supply adjustment and sluggish policy responses, amongst others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That’s only the tip of the iceberg though. One factor the IMF conveniently omits to mention is the commoditization of our food, which allows speculators to bet on the prices of certain foodstuffs, thereby disrupting markets and holding consumers in vulnerable countries like Mauritius to ransom. In particular, the use of complex financial products, such as food commodity derivatives, has completely warped the true value of food. “With the liberalization of world trade, even slight price fluctuations can have an impact on small economies,” warns Eric Mangar of the “Movement pour l’Auto suffisance Alimentaire” (Movement for Food Self-Suffi ciency).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In “The Great Hunger Lottery: How banking speculation causes food crises,” the World Development Movement has created an impressive body of evidence showing that “gambling on hunger in financial markets is dangerous, immoral and indefensible.” The report, which caused quite a stir in certain circles and not least amongst those accused of “gambling on hunger”, offers a comprehensive view of just where we’ve gone wrong. It explains that commodity speculation actually dates back to the 19th century when future contracts were devised to “allow farmers to agree a guaranteed price for their next harvest well in advance, giving them greater certainty of income when planting crops.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The system was thus created to help those who produced and bought food greater visibility and thus security. In the 20th century, however, things began to run amok. To cut a long story short, “contracts started to be bought and sold by financial speculators who had nothing to do with the physical production, processing or retailing of food. This activity began to affect the actual prices of foodstuffs on the daily ‘spot markets’, causing them to become more volatile and to rise and fall more sharply. Speculation rides on the back of underlying changes in supply and demand, amplifying their impact on price.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result of this, the impact of natural phenomena that directly affect the production and, thus, the price of food, such as droughts and floods, is greatly exacerbated by those who’ve made it their job to gamble on these commodities. A knock-on effect of this uncertainty is that famers are finding more difficult to “plan and invest”. Earlier this month, The Guardian reported on an imminent return of “food inflation”, due partly to such dodgy practices. “Old-fashioned supply and demand is still at work, but there are fears that wild rumours and speculation are driving up prices”, the article said. And when prices are high, only the wealthiest nations can afford to snap up precious food supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Early Warning System&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In its conclusion, the WDM proposed a slew of measures to better regulate the way people bet on hunger. Its recommendations included helping “producers and purchasers to hedge their risk”, enabling “futures markets to better discover prices” and “freeing up capital for use in genuinely productive investment.” Yet such proposals are likely to meet fierce resistance from the avaricious few who profit so handsomely from the status quo. And, if the economic crisis has taught us anything, it’s that these people wield an inordinate amount of power over policy-makers. In other words, expect more of the same, namely increasingly erratic food prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what can Mauritius do in the face of such perfidy? Well, to begin with Eric Mangar believes we should introduce an early warning system to inform the population of any impending shortages. “People have the right to know”, he asserts. Several African countries have already set up such systems with some success. Wouldn’t such announcements cause panic buying of the threatened staples? “It would initially, but it would also allow people to look for alternatives”, says this advocate of self-sufficiency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the long run however, the only durable solution to this conundrum will be to try to lessen our dependency on imported food stuffs. This is as hard as it sounds. Just take a look at some figures contained in the ministry of Agro-industry’s Blueprint for a Sustainable Diversified Agro-Food Strategy: “Our net food requirement is estimated at 690 000 tonnes annually, up to 75% of which is made up of agricultural and food products imports which peaked at some Rs23.4 billion in 2007, indicating a high level of trade dependency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The food import bill on a net basis has more than doubled during the period 2001/2007, from Rs8.4 billion to Rs21 billion. The major cause is the drastic increase in the import of processed food items (including vegetables) over the short span 2001 to 2006, from around a mere Rs0.2 billion to Rs9 billion, respectively. This trend is expected to continue.” These figures give a glimpse of the arduousness of the task at hand. In the wake of the 2008 food crisis, government set up a Rs1 billion food security fund aimed at improving the country’s food sovereignty. Results have been underwhelming at best. “These things take time. The money’s there but the structures in place, such as the Agricultural and Research Extension Unit (AREU), aren’t up to scratch,” Eric Mangar contends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The food crisis also had the merit of bringing, however briefly, our eating habits to the fore. Yet as soon as the crisis passed so did any resolutions to change our diet. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the average Mauritian consumed almost 75kg of fl our and 50kg of rice in 2008 even though we import the totality of these staples. One way to make a dent in these numbers is to place greater emphasis on potatoes, of which the country produces around 14 000 tonnes annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The impending increases in the price of wheat and rice should encourage us to cement our resolve to lessen our reliance on imported foodstuffs. 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