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312008 Central Asia energy crisis — )] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] The crisis has been ongoing and the UN has warned that millions face starvation during the 2008 09 winter. [http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav100708.sht… …
32Genetically modified food — Genetically modified foods (GM foods or GMO foods) are foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These… …
33Effects of 2000s energy crisis — There is debate over what the effects of the 2000s energy crisis will be over the long term. Some speculate that an oil price spike could create a recession comparable to those that followed the 1973 and 1979 energy crises or a potentially worse… …
34Central Food Technological Research Institute — India s Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is based in Mysore and was opened on 21 October, 1950.CFTRI Mysore is one of the 40 national research laboratories set up under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial… …
35Economic crisis of 2008 — In 2008, the possibility of an economic crisis was suggested by several important indicators of economic downturn worldwide. These included high oil prices, which led to both high food prices (due to a dependence of food production on petroleum,… …
361998 Russian financial crisis — The Russian financial crisis (also called Ruble crisis ) hit Russia on 17 August 1998. It was exacerbated by the Asian financial crisis, which started in July 1997. Given the ensuing decline in world commodity prices, countries heavily dependent… …
37Water crisis — For other uses, see Water crisis (disambiguation). Deforestation of the Madagascar Highland Plateau has led to extensive siltation and unstable flows of western rivers. Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the… …
38Subprime mortgage crisis — Part of a series on: Late 2000s financial crisis Major dimensions …
392001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis — The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms in most of the British countryside. Over 10… …
402000s energy crisis — This article is about the causes and analysis of the relatively high oil prices of the 2000s. For discussion of the effects of the crisis, see Effects of the 2000s energy crisis. For a chronology of oil prices during this time, see 2003 to 2011… …
