During the conference several countries and international banks and donors pledged funds to fight hunger and help agricultural development.

By Anil Pandey India is being blamed for current food shortage in south asia. How far this is true? A couple of weeks ago Ameri can President George Bush made similar statement blaming the prosperity of the rising Indian middle class for the current food crisis. This is far from truth as the consumption of food grains has been growing three times faster in the US as compared to India, according to Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

The worst of the bird flu threat is over but the fight to eliminate the disease from poultry is weak