Ambootia tea garden (Kurseong), Sept. 18: A UN body will partially fund three pilot projects worth $4 million in India for creating a scientific system for cultivation of organic black tea.

Global numbers afflicted by acute hunger rose from 850 million to 925 million by the start of this year because of rising prices, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday announced plans to boost rice production in districts hard hit by recent floods or conflict and by the soaring cost of many basic foods in Sri Lanka.
Under the US$500,000 project, families in the four districts of north-central and eastern Sri Lanka

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to provide US$ 500,000 to increase rice production in conflict and flood affected districts of Sri Lanka.
In a press release yesterday, the FAO said it has approved the funding for the project "Input supply to vulnerable populations under Initiative on Soaring Food Prices" in response to a request by the Sri Lankan government for assistance in combating the soaring food prices.
FAO will provide funds to renovate the paddy lands in the troubled areas and will distribute seed paddy to the farmers in those areas.

THOSE who keep in touch with Hollywood science-fiction movies know about the film "Star Wars," and worry about the earth being attacked by aliens.

By analysing different wars over the last two decades, many political analysts came to a consensus that they were for establishing control over valuable natural resources such as oil, fresh water etc. to secure future consumption of mighty nations in the prevailing or upcoming climate contingencies. Therefore, we can define these wars as "Climate Wars."

A visiting high official of the United Nation

Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 25, 2008, 0:21 IST

Global warming and the consequent changes in climatic patterns will have strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching consequences for food and livelihood security of a sizeable section of the population.

Some of the impacts are already being felt as reflected by changes in the distribution of fish species in oceans. While the stocks of warmer water species are expanding, those of the colder ones are contracting.

The race by food-importing countries to secure farmland overseas to improve their food security risks creating a "neo-colonial' system, the United Nations' top agriculture official has cautioned.

The warning by Jacques Diouf, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, comes as countries from Saudi Arabia to China plan to lease vast tracts of land in Africa and Asia to grow crops and ship them back to their markets.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is launching an emergency project through its Technical Co-operation Programme (TCP) in Pakistan to help impoverished farmers increase agricultural production.

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is launching an emergency project through its Technical Co-operation Programme (TCP) in Pakistan to help impoverished farmers in increasing the agricultural production, says a press release. While commenting on the food crisis in Pakistan, FAO Assistant Representative Syed Mohammad Ali said.