Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 22, 2008, 0:17 IST

The Food Price Index in October 2008 rose 28 per cent over October 2006.

Despite a sharp fall in international prices of cereals from their record levels in mid-2008, domestic food prices remain high in most developing countries, causing concern over poor people

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: As the year draws to a close, the latest estimates of the United Nation

Jon Vidal

Ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to bring a devastating impact on food production systems in Pacific island countries, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday.

Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 24, 2008, 0:11 IST

A United Nations agency has warned of negative impact of the global financial crisis on agriculture in the developing countries and has called for an agricultural bailout package of $30 billion annually to ward off hunger and food riots.

Indonesia, which has been losing forests at a rapid pace in recent years, plans to plant 100 million trees across the country this year in an effort to limit deforestation, a forestry official said on Wednesday.

Shyam Ranganathan
Migratory birds flocking at the Kodiakkarai sanctuary near Vedaranyam.

NAGAPATTINAM: A project, to be funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, will study the role of migratory birds in the spread of avian influenza, using tracking devices in three bird sanctuaries later this year, K. Balachandran, Indian co-ordinator of the project, has said.

The Food and Agricultural Organisation has undertaken a project to provide more than 11,000 flood-affected farmers with seeds and fertilisers during the upcoming boro season, agriculture ministry sources said.