With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combating hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional outcomes for young children and pregnant women, and boost climate-smart agriculture that can withstand a warmer planet, says a World Bank Group rep

In 2050 there will be enough water to help produce the food needed to feed a global population expected to top nine billion, but overconsumption, degradation and the impact of climate change will reduce water supplies in many regions, especially developing countries, FAO and the World Water Council (WWC) have warned in a paper.

A recent study conducted by an evaluation team to asses the implementation of a special livestock scheme (Vidharbha package) of the State government for the farmers of suicide-hit districts in the

The world can definitively stamp out a plague that devastates sheep and goats, freeing hundreds of millions of rural families from one of the major risks to their food security and livelihood.

4,300 houses damaged, hundreds of families shifted to safety

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious viral disease affecting sheep and goats, causes a staggering USD 1.45 billion to USD 2.1 billion in losses each year.

(Reuters) - Burkina Faso’s government confirmed on Wednesday that an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu was responsible for the deaths of large numbers of chickens in two regions of the country in recent w

A new US $119.2 million programme in the Sudan has been designed to increase food security, and improve incomes and climate resilience for pastoralist communities by strengthening their access to m

The World Wide Fund for Nature (Kenya) has launched the Lion Lights project in Emarti village, Kajiado.

The project aims to reduce increasing human-wildlife conflicts.

Two persons were killed and several families were rescued while over a hundred structures damaged and equal number of live stocks perished in heavy rains and flash floods in Jammu region.

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