Land

Pushing the Horizon

Global food production has already appropriated almost half the land suitable for agriculture.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2013
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Global, Croplands, Food Security, Hyderabad, India, UN, Farmers, Arunachal, Karnataka
Health

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Acceleration of progress in nutrition will require effective, large-scale nutrition-sensitive programmes that address key underlying determinants of nutrition and enhance the coverage and effectiveness of nutrition-specific interventions. We reviewed evidence of nutritional effects of programmes in four sectors—agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2013
Marie T Ruel, Harold Alderman
Lancet
Tags:
Nutrition, Agriculture, Child Health, Food Prices, Women, Malnutrition, India, Economic Development, Poverty, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Asia, Food Security, Climate Change, Drought, Floods, Natural Disasters, Dairy Development, Global
Agriculture

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022: highlights

Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5% a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1% between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report published by the OECD and FAO.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2013
OECD
Tags:
Agriculture, India, Global, Biofuel, Food Prices, Oilseeds, Cotton, Crops, Livestock, Food Security
Agriculture

The state of food and agriculture 2013: food systems for better nutrition

The Green Revolution reduced hunger also in India, but it is not enough to raise yields, other, complementary interventions in the food system and other sectors are also important says this 2013 edition of FAO's State of Food & Agriculture report.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2013