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EuroNews - Satellites used to combat rocketing food prices

30/05/2008 307 views 0 likes
ESA / Applications / Observing the Earth

With the cost of staple foods heading into orbit, millions of people in the world's poorest countries are facing the prospect of hunger. And the global food crisis is being felt especially hard where drought, flood or pestilence threatens. But now, satellites are being used in the battle against rocketing prices.

EuroNews

EuroNews is a key medium for delivering international information with a European point of view and in a choice of 7 languages. Broadcast in 121 countries worldwide, EuroNews reaches 190 million households in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and North and Latin America via cable, digital satellite and through terrestrial channels.

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8:45 9:15 9:15 9:15 8:45
13:45 13:45 * 12:45 12:45
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* first airing: Friday 13:45

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