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- Zambia's food crisis will worsen in next 10 years
- A new study says Zambia's climate could bring losses of more than US$4 billion in agricultural income in the next ten years, making hundreds of thousands of ...
- Hunger gap threat growing in Sudan
- Delayed rains in southern Sudan have precipitated the fear of food insecurity in the country. Aid workers and government officials have warned of a major ...
- Agriculture essential for facing climate change
- FAO has said in a policy brief at the ongoing Bonn climate meet on climate change that sustainable farming practices can offer important options for mitigation ...
- Securing food for all
- The issue of food security and hunger goes far beyond inadequate food production. The inequalities in distribution and consumption must be removed in order to ...
- Monitoring food security
- UNESCAP report – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific – examines different kind of challenges to food security of ...
- Wake up call on future food crisis
- The world will require 70% growth in farm production to feed the projected population of 9.1 billion in 2050. "Never say never again", was the general ...
- People's Summit against hunger in eastern India
- Hunger Free Bihar Campaign along with partners will hold a People's Summit to mark this year's Stand Up Take Action, an annual global anti-poverty event ...
- 40% of farmers will quit farming in India: Survey
- A new generation among the farming community in India is not interested in taking up agriculture as a profession as it is increasingly getting less profitable. ...
- Global day-long fast in solidarity with world's hungry
- The Food and Agriculture Organisation yesterday called for a day-long global hunger strike ahead of next week’s World Summit on Food Security. This has been ...
- Asia in need of water reforms: Study
- A new study jointly conducted by International Water Management Institute and the FAO has recommended that Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion ...
- Europe backs fight against rising hunger
- In support of global fight against hunger, the European Union has offered additional US$ 105 million assistance. The aid is likely to help developing countries ...
- 'India's PDS fails to ensure food for all'
- The National Food Security Act has failed to reform the discriminatory public distribution system leaving many high and dry, says development journalist ...
- Standing on thin ice, Ban calls for fair climate deal
- On a recent visit to the Arctic Circle, the UN chief Ban Ki-moon appealed to the world to seal an equitable and balanced deal at Copenhagen in December. Ban ...
- Hunger up by 100 million in South Asia
- A new UNICEF report has revealed that the number of chronically hungry people in South Asia has touched the figure of 400 million – highest in last four ...
- Food prices to go up again, says report
- Prompted by the rise in fuel prices and threats like climate change, food prices will increase again, says a new UN report. To avert another crisis in Asia and ...
- 'Green Revolution' man dies
- Dr Norman E. Borlaug, the man credited with spectacular success in increasing food production worldwide, died Saturday night at the age of 95. He was awarded ...
- More worries await returning Pakistani IDPs
- As the displaced people in Pakistan return home in Swat Valley, they are confronted with worries about schooling of their kids and problems of food shortage. ...
- Calling attention to the 'silent hunger crisis'
- The world is going through its worst ever food crisis with over a billion people going hungry. The global economic crisis is only aggravating this crisis, says ...
- Food crisis deepening for millions across Africa
- Despite good global cereal harvests this year, millions of people in dozens of poor African countries are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian aid due ...
- India has emerged as a capital of hunger: Vandana Shiva
- A new report released at India’s national capital revealed that the food situation in the country has worsened with increasing food prices and unregulated food ...
- India under flood fury
- Torrential rains over the past few weeks have left behind a trail of death and destruction across many districts in India. The centre has asked state ...
- North Korea food situation desperate
- In a new report, a UN human rights expert said that state control over economic activities, abuse of power and recent nuclear tests were preventing ...
- UN sounds alarm on food situation in Kenya
- Life has never been easy for poor Kenyans but failed rains have made the food crisis even more acute. The WFP has warned of desperate conditions, the worst in ...
- Ruckus in India over beneficiaries of food security law
- Conflicting views over the definition of poverty has led to an endless debate between the centre and states in India. With the Food Security Act in the offing, ...
- World will need billions for agriculture
- To have enough food to feed the world population, projected to be over nine billion by 2050, a net investment of $83 billion a year in agriculture will be ...
- UN food summit begins on optimistic note
- UN chief lays out steps to save billions from hunger at the inaugural ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Leaders are drawing up ...
- Global warming may halve Bangladesh rice yields
- Rice yield in Bangladesh is projected to decline by almost 50% by 2070, and pose a serious food crisis in the country. Scientists are attributing the cause to ...
- New genes help rice adapt to deep water
- Japanese scientists have discovered two snorkel genes that allow rice crops in lowland areas to grow even when exposed to heavy floods. By elongating its stem ...
- 'Scientific strategies can save dryland agriculture'
- Shifting rainfall patterns due to climate change are hitting Indian dryland agriculture harder. William D. Dar, Director- General of the International ...
- Planning Commission projects lower growth for India
- India’s Planning Commission has projected a slower growth rate and higher prices for food commodities. The country is likely to grow at the rate of 7.8% during ...
