Rapports

Highlights for February 2011 The FAO (global) Food Price Index was at an all time peak in February 2011 – increasing 34.1% year-on-year – but the FAO (global) All Rice Price Index was stable – increasing only…

Gunfire along the Thai - Cambodia border in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak district on Friday 4 February has caused thousands of villagers to flee to temporary shelters in safe zone areas. By 7 February, around 14, 735 people have…

Details of Response Emergency: Cambodia/Thai border conflict - displaced people Date of Emergency: 4 February 2011 Implementing Member(s): Lutheran World Federation, Department of World Service (LWF/DWS) associate member Life with Dignity, Cambodia DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY: The armed clashes between the Cambodian and Thai military…

More than 30,000 villagers living near the borders of Thailand and Cambodia were affected when the fighting erupted around the Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province. The exchange of fire started on the first week of February and…

Summary: There has been ongoing tension on the border between Thailand and Cambodia because of the long-disputed ownership of a 900-year-old temple which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A skirmish on 7 February 2011, however, escalated into…

BANGKOK, 12 February 2011 (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce has distributed survival kits to villagers affected from the cross-border clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops in a bid to alleviate their difficulties. Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai stated that she was…

Brief Description of the Emergency Armed clashes that flared up on 4 February 2011 between the Cambodian and Thai military over a disputed stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old temple have killed both soldiers and civilians. The exact number of…

Highlights - The FAO (global) Food Price Index was at an all time peak - increasing 28.3% year-on-year - but the FAO (global) All Rice Price Index was stable - increasing only 0.8% year-on-year. - Export price of Thai white…

Highlights - Consumer prices were stable as the Consumer Price Index rose by 3.2% year?on?year in November. - Export price of Thai white rice, the benchmark for Asia, increased by 6.4% on a month?on?month basis. - Wholesale price of mixed rice decreased by 0.5%…

by Pau Khan Khup Hangzo Food security has become one of this century's key global challenges. Given current population and consumption trends, as well as the factors of climate change and resource scarcity, the situation is set to worsen -…