The Third World Summit on Food Security will be held next week in Rome -- from November 16 to 18
NEVER IN THE history of mankind have so many people been so hungry. Despite rapid development, modern technology and burgeoning international trade, today an estimated 1.02 billion people around the world are wanting for food.
KOCHI: Renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said here on Monday that the present draft of the Food Security Act would not provide food security.
Delivering the Sarada-Krishna-Satgamaya Foundation lecture on
This new report by WFP details impact of climate change on hunger in developing countries. Predicts that by 2050 the number of people at risk of hunger as a result of climate change is expected to increase by 10 to 20 percent more than would be expected without climate change.
A study conducted by a city-based NGO, Calcutta Samiratans, revealed that most of the KMC-run schools and the state-run primary schools do not provide mid-days meals to the children.
The study covered 11 KMC and state-run schools in the city.
LUCKNOW: The recent starvation deaths of leopards in UP could be the latest manifestation of deteriorating forest quality. A four-month-old leopard cub died in June this year while another cub, about a-year-and-a-half old, died on Tuesday while it was undergoing treatment at Lucknow zoo.
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia appealed on Thursday for 159,410 tons of emergency aid to feed 6.2 million people, 25 years after more than a million perished in the country
For one billion people around the world, the daily effort to grow, buy or sell food is the defining struggle of their lives. This matters to them, and to all of us.
BHUBANESWAR: Despite all pro-poor policies and much-hyped food programmes of the State Government, Orissa continues to languish at the bottom rung of the hunger parameters.
The State stood 66th along with countries like Nigeria and Kenya in the Global Hunger Index-2008 measured by the International Food Policy Research Institute. This reflects the complexity of food insecurity in the State.
