Dead Children Linked to U.S. Aid Policy in Africa Favoring American Firms <\/a> The bag of green peas, stamped “USAID From the American People,” took more than six months to reach Haylar Ayako.<\/p>\n How Famine Lurked Behind Vienna Taittinger Toast Where Joe Cocker Crooned <\/a> Guests clinked flutes of Taittinger in Vienna’s Hofburg Imperial Palace, toasting Russian fertilizer company OAO Uralkali after eight price increases in 18 months.<\/p>\n World Bank’s `Wrong Advice’ on Free Trade Left Poor Countries’ Silos Empty <\/a> Inside and out, the rusted towers of El Salvador’s biggest grain silo show how the World Bank helped push developing countries into the global food crisis.<\/p>\n Government Bribes in Cameroon Divert Cash From Farmers Amid Riots for Food <\/a> Mbanda Leo Ganglii, like any farmer in Cameroon, must contend with roads that turn to mud in the rainy season and fertilizer prices he can’t afford. And then there is government corruption.<\/p>\n Wasting Enough Rice to Feed 184 Million Is Worldwide Habit Only Rats Love <\/a> Inside his northern Philippines granary, Marlon Ventura stirs gray zinc phosphide into a bowl of boiled rice, making a garlicky, toxic meal for rats.<\/p>\n