In response to appeals by Pakistan to international community for humanitarian relief assistance for victims of recent floods in the country, Government of Brazil will distribute up to 710,000 tons

The United Nations Agencies have estimated that 2.5 million people are in desperate need of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in the flood hit areas.

The international donors have so far pledged $127.44 million for providing food, shelter, medicine and other facilities to the flood hit people of Sindh, National Disaster Management Authority (NDM

The World Food Programme (WFP) will start a new Bangladesh programme in January to assist 4 million hungry, vulnerable and malnourished people at a cost of nearly $340 million.

Around 20,000 families in four districts of flood-hit Sindh province have been provided one month ration during last one week.

This latest World Disasters Report focuses on hunger and malnutrition, analyses the causes and impacts of this growing crisis and advocates solutions at community, national and international levels.

 

Is the world about to watch 750,000 Somalis starve to death? The United Nations’ warnings could not be clearer.

In the midst of a dire need to feed millions of people facing hunger because of drought, Kenya's newly passed Biosafety Act allows for the importation of GM crops - but at what cost? As the most severe drought crisis in 60 years continues in East Africa, a contentious issue simmers under the surface, one that potentially puts the environmentalist agenda at stark odds with the dire need to save human lives.

The Japanese government has given the World Food Programme (WFP) US$ 10 million or Tk 75 crore to provide food assistance to the poor communities vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change

India and the US are poised to expand agricultural cooperation with the hope of bringing about a "Second Green Revolution" in India. Cooperation in this area would, however, need to take into account the interests of Indian farmers as well as issues related to bio-diversity and the environment.

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