The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people and as incomes rise, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.

Global cereals demand for food and animal feed is expected to rise to 3 billion tonnes by 2050 and more demand may come from the biofuels industry, the FAO said in a statement.

RASHME SEHGAL

Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 07, 2009, 1:17 IST

Over 90 countries, including India, have agreed to a draft of the first-ever global treaty to curb illegal marine fishing that is disturbing the fisheries

Effects of climate change on the country

People want to save the planet but are unwilling to make radical lifestyle changes like giving up air travel or red meat to reduce the effects of climate change, a straw poll by Reuters showed.

Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 31, 2009, 0:23 IST

Detection of the H1N1 influenza virus in turkey birds in Chile has heightened the danger of poultry farms elsewhere also getting infected with this pandemic virus, which has already killed nearly 90 people in India and over 2,000 persons worldwide.

BHUBANESWAR: The inconsistent monsoon seems to have clouded the food security issue of the common man. The country is going to see a 10 million tonne fall in rice output this kharif season with Orissa being a significant contributor to reduced productivity.

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: The detection of H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile has raised concerns about poultry farms elsewhere in the world also becoming infected with the pandemic flu virus, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Thursday.

IT is not surprising that questions of food security and the right to food have become such urgent political issues in India today. The rapid growth of aggregate income over the past two decades has not addressed the basic issue of ensuring the food security of the population.

Illegal fishing is depleting the seas and robbing poor nations in Africa and Asia of resources, but a lack of global cooperation is undermining efforts to track rogue vessels, an environmental group said on Tuesday.